Strange SQL statement

Question

Hi,
I can't get the result of this query when I run my application. However, I was able to get the result when I queried it using the SQL Server Query Analyser. Here is part of my code which executes the query.
String querystring = "SELECT DISTINCT p.proID, p.proType, p.proName,"+
               "p.proDesc, p.category, p.color, p.pricing, i.branchCode, b.branchName"+
               "FROM Product p, Inventory i, Branch b"+
               "WHERE p.proID = i.proID AND i.branchCode = b.branchCode AND p.proID = ' "+serial+" ' ";
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" ) ;
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:odbc:PDAventory" ) ;
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement() ;
ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery( querystring ) ;Instead it catches this exception :-
SQL Exception:
State : 37000
Message: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'p'.
Error : 170
This is strange to me as I was able to query from query from a single table as well as insert to a table. Does this means I have to query one table at a time? Please reply, thanks.
zad.

Answer 1

You need a space after b.branchName on line 2 and Branch b on line 3.
Richard