Sql syntax inside java

Question

I am having a terrible time with the sql syntax INSIDE a java program. Is there somewhere online that has this information (in easy english!) For example I am trying to insert information in an access table. This is my sql query that works in access. How do I change the syntax to place it into java?
INSERT INTO reservations ( fromcity, tocity, fromdate, todate, air, hotel, rental, airticketamt, hotelamt, rentalamt, customerId )
               VALUES ('Seattle', 'Phoenix', #1/1/2002#, #2/2/2002#, yes, yes, yes, 50, 50, 50, 'CUST001');
I also need to change the actual values (Seattle, etc) to the variables which is also a syntax problem!

Answer 1

Here is a slightly smaller example of building the SQL. I didn't compile this so the syntax may not be 100%, but I think you can figure out the rest from this example.
// Seed the String values for the convenience of the example
String fromCity = "St. Paul";
String toCity   = "Chicago";
String fromDate = "#1/1/2002#";
String toDate   = "#2/2/2002#";
// Build the SQL using the String Values, the trick is to be
// sure you have the appropriate spaces in the SQL when done,
// and that you should use single tick marks to surround String
// values
String sql = "INSERT INTO reservations (fromCity, toCity, fromDate, toDate) " +
                "VALUES ('" + fromCity + "', " +
                         "'"+ toCity   + "', " +
                         "'"+ fromDate + "', " +
                         "'"+ toDate   + "')";
// Take a look at what was generated
// to be sure it is what you want
System.out.println(sql);