Converting MySQL code to Access: GROUP_CONCAT and a triple JOIN

Question

I\'m having a really hard time translating a piece of MySQL-code to Access. I\'m trying to use one of the queries found in the Sakila (MySQL) Database for an Access project

Answer 1

The most commonly-cited Access alternative to the MySQL GROUP_CONCAT() function is Allen Browne's ConcatRelated() function, available here.

As for parentheses around JOINs, yes, Access SQL is fussy about those. Instead of

FROM
actor AS a
LEFT JOIN film_actor AS fa ON a.actor_id = fa.actor_id
LEFT JOIN film_category AS fc ON fa.film_id = fc.film_id
LEFT JOIN category AS c ON fc.category_id = c.category_id

try

FROM 
    (
        (
            actor AS a 
            LEFT JOIN 
            film_actor AS fa 
                ON a.actor_id = fa.actor_id
        ) 
        LEFT JOIN 
        film_category AS fc 
            ON fa.film_id = fc.film_id
    ) 
    LEFT JOIN 
    category AS c 
        ON fc.category_id = c.category_id