Access query error (“syntax error in from clause”)

Question

$consulta3 = "SELECT * FROM Dept INNER JOIN Userinfo INNER JOIN Checkinout
                     on Dept.DeptName = '$departamento'
                     where Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid AND Userinfo.Name = Checkinout.name";

the thing im trying to do with this query is: i have a table called Dept where it has all the deparments names and ids, User info that has user name, a department id and a id. Also i have a 3rd table called checkinout that has user id, with a time.

So i want (using the deparment's name) to bring all the data from the Checkinout table from the people that belongs to that deparment, but when i try that query it gives me an error:

syntax error in from clause. sql state 37000 in sqlexecdirect

and i cant solve it. Im using a Acces Data base.

Thank you very much for you help.

Answer 1

Access absolutely requires parentheses in the FROM clause of any query which includes more that one join. If you have Access available, create and test a new query in the query designer. One of the reasons the designer is useful is that it knows the rules for parentheses which keep the db engine happy.

Start with a query similar to this. Don't worry about filtering based on Dept.DeptName at this point. Just make sure the joins are set up correctly.

SELECT *
FROM
    (Dept
    INNER JOIN Userinfo
    ON Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid)
    INNER JOIN Checkinout
    ON Userinfo.Name = Checkinout.name

After you have the joins set up correctly, add in your filter constraint (WHERE Dept.DeptName ...).

Answer 2

You have reversed the inner join and where clauses. You should write the SQL like this:

SELECT * 
  FROM Dept 
 INNER JOIN Userinfo ON Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid
 INNER JOIN Checkinout ON Userinfo.Name = Checkinout.name"
 WHERE Dept.DeptName = '$departamento'

Answer 3

Probably should be:

SELECT * FROM Dept 
INNER JOIN Userinfo ON Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid 
INNER JOIN Checkinout on Userinfo.Name = Checkinout.name 
where Dept.DeptName = '$departamento' 

Answer 4

I think it should be :

SELECT * FROM (Dept 
INNER JOIN Userinfo ON (Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid)) 
INNER JOIN Checkinout ON (Userinfo.Name = Checkinout.name)
WHERE Dept.DeptName = '$departamento'

Answer 5

what i decided to do is to use 2 different queries:

$consulta=  "SELECT * FROM Dept INNER JOIN Userinfo 
         ON Userinfo.Deptid = Dept.Deptid
         where Dept.DeptName = '$departamento'";

and

$consulta2 = "SELECT  *  FROM Checkinout, Userinfo
    where Checkinout.Userid = '$userid' AND  Userinfo.userid = '$userid' AND 
    Checkinout.Checktime BETWEEN CDate('$fecha1') AND CDate('$fecha2')"; 

The first one to select all the people that belong to one deparment, and the second one to find all the INs and OUTs of one person. Both in a while to be able to look each register of the first result and check with the other query

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still have problems with the search, its not working fine, im trying to do a full query where it searchs in the 3 tables at the same time but its giving me a error:

$toda_consulta= "SELECT * 
                     FROM Dept 
                     INNER JOIN Userinfo ON (Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid)
                     INNER JOIN Checkinout ON (Checkinout.Userid = Userinfo.Userid)
                     WHERE Dept.DeptName = '$departamento' AND 
                           Checkinout.Checktime BETWEEN CDate('$fecha_inicio') AND CDate('$fecha_fin')";

error: Warning: odbc_exec() [function.odbc-exec]: SQL error: [Microsoft][Controlador ODBC Microsoft Access] sintax error (missing operator) in the expression '(Dept.Deptid = Userinfo.Deptid) INNER JOIN Checkinout ON (Checkinout.Userid = Userinfo.Userid)'., SQL state 37000 in SQLExecDirect in C:\wamp\www\casa 7-9-13\calcula_departamento1.php on line 51

than you for your help