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COLDFUSION - Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement

Asked by: jameskane

Hi, just successfully completed a form and associated action page for a database - I am having a problem in getting the second one to work. The error reported is "Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement". I have chedked this out for half a day now and its driving me crazy !! The code in this new action page is exactly the same as the previous one which worked !

Would someone just run their eye over the attached action_form_activities.cfm page and tell me tell me the stupid mistake I am making. I am am also including the error message from Coldfusion.

Please excuse asking for such basic help - but I'm desperate !!

james

PAGE
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
hello this is me
 
<!-- <cfset CurrentPage=GetFileFromPath(GetTemplatePath())> -->
<!--- <cfif IsDefined("FORM.MM_InsertRecord") AND FORM.MM_InsertRecord EQ "activities"> --->
  <cfquery datasource="office">
  INSERT INTO activities (courseNumber, activity, teacher, day, hour, tariffs12, tariffs36, notes) VALUES ( 
  
  '#courseNumber#', 
  '#activity#',
  '#teacher#',
  '#day#', 
  '#hour#',
  '#tariffs12#',
  '#tariffs36#',
  '#notes#'
  
 
  
   )
  
  </cfquery>
 
  
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
Your courses have been updated
</head>
 
<body>
</body>
</html>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ERROR MESSAGE
 
 Error Executing Database Query.
Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement.
 
The error occurred in C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\Office\action_form_activities.cfm: line 17
 
15 :   '#tariffs12#',
16 :   '#tariffs36#',
17 :   '#notes#'
18 :   
19 :  
 
SQL 	   INSERT INTO activities (courseNumber, activity, teacher, day, hour, tariffs12, tariffs36, notes) VALUES ( '1', 'Drawing and Painting', 'Jean Claude Delpech', 'mercredi', '09h30 - 12h30', '117', '234', 'QSDF QD FQ' )
DATASOURCE 	  office
VENDORERRORCODE 	  3092
SQLSTATE 	  &nbsp;
Resources:
 
    * Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct syntax.
    * Search the Knowledge Base to find a solution to your problem.
 
Browser   	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4
Remote Address   	127.0.0.1
Referrer   	http://localhost:8500/cfide/office/form_activities.cfm
Date/Time   	21-Nov-08 09:01 AM
Stack Trace
at cfaction_form_activities2ecfm87390207.runPage(C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\Office\action_form_activities.cfm:17) at cfaction_form_activities2ecfm87390207.runPage(C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\Office\action_form_activities.cfm:17)
 
com.inzoom.adojni.ComException: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement. in Microsoft JET Database Engine code=3092 Type=1
	at com.inzoom.ado.Command.jniExecute(Native Method)
	at com.inzoom.ado.Command.execute(Command.java:40)
	at com.inzoom.jdbcado.Statement.exec(Statement.java:34)
	at com.inzoom.jdbcado.Statement.execute(Statement.java:107)
	at coldfusion.server.j2ee.sql.JRunStatement.execute(JRunStatement.java:212)
	at coldfusion.sql.Executive.executeQuery(Executive.java:719)
	at coldfusion.sql.Executive.executeQuery(Executive.java:652)
	at coldfusion.sql.Executive.executeQuery(Executive.java:613)
	at coldfusion.sql.SqlImpl.execute(SqlImpl.java:236)
	at coldfusion.tagext.sql.QueryTag.doEndTag(QueryTag.java:499)
	at cfaction_form_activities2ecfm87390207.runPage(C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\Office\action_form_activities.cfm:17)
	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:152)
	at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:349)
	at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)
	at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:210)
	at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:51)
	at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:86)
	at coldfusion.filter.LicenseFilter.invoke(LicenseFilter.java:27)
	at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:69)
	at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)
	at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)
	at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)
	at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
	at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:115)
	at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:107)
	at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:78)
	at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:91)
	at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)
	at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:257)
	at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:541)
	at jrun.servlet.http.WebService.invokeRunnable(WebService.java:172)
	at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:318)
	at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:426)
	at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:264)
	at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)

                                  
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2008-11-21 at 00:14:06ID23924354
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Microsoft Access Database

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Answers

 

by: HuyBDPosted on 2008-11-21 at 00:33:53ID: 23011207

you should print query as output inside page to check

<cfoutput>
INSERT INTO activities (courseNumber, activity, teacher, day, hour, tariffs12, tariffs36, notes) VALUES ( 
  
  '#courseNumber#', 
  '#activity#',
  '#teacher#',
  '#day#', 
  '#hour#',
  '#tariffs12#',
  '#tariffs36#',
  '#notes#'
  
 
  
   )
</cfoutput>  

                                              
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by: jameskanePosted on 2008-11-21 at 00:47:06ID: 23011240

Thanks for the response HuvBD.
 I have place the output code at the top of the action page, ahead of the cfquery - following is what I get at the top of the error report - looks ok to me

INSERT INTO activities (courseNumber, activity, teacher, day, hour, tariffs12, tariffs36, notes) VALUES ( '1', 'Drawing and Painting', 'Jean Claude Delpech', 'mercredi', '09h30 - 12h30', '117', '234', 'fdsg' )

 

by: quincydudePosted on 2008-11-21 at 00:47:08ID: 23011241

Hi, i m not familiar with Access. But suggest you to check if there's any type mismatch between input and table field datatypes.

 

by: jameskanePosted on 2008-11-21 at 01:24:59ID: 23011377

Thanks for the in put quincydude,

I elliminated the 'notes' field from the database, form and action page and ran it again - get the same error report, except now the program stops at tariffs36 - which immediately preceeded 'notes' and which did not cause to program to stop previously

From this it would seem to me that the problem is not a result of mismatch between input and table field datatypes ??

james

__________ new error report_____________

Error Executing Database Query.
Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement.
 
The error occurred in C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\Office\action_form_activities.cfm: line 19

17 :   '#hour#',
18 :   '#tariffs12#',
19 :   '#tariffs36#'
20 :  
21 :  

 

by: HuyBDPosted on 2008-11-21 at 01:29:44ID: 23011401

you should copy the output and try to run in sql wizard to see how it work or any error

 

by: jameskanePosted on 2008-11-21 at 01:32:59ID: 23011413

thanks HuyBD - not sure how to do that - can you give me a pointer ?

james

 

by: MausePosted on 2008-11-21 at 06:04:15ID: 23012848

Hi

You should always use <cfqueryparam> and set the right DB field type.

and as quincydude already said see if there are any type mismatch between input and table fields type

 

by: jameskanePosted on 2008-11-21 at 07:13:51ID: 23013557

Thanks everyone for the inputs. Finally got it sorted - turns out I was using several reserved access names - like hour  and day. When I changed these names to starttime and weekday everything worked !!

thanks again for taking time with me on this

james

 

by: duncancummingPosted on 2008-11-21 at 12:18:14ID: 23016597

you can keep the column names as reserved words, simply by wrapping them in [ ] in your query.  e.g.
INSERT INTO activities (courseNumber, activity, teacher, [day], [hour], tariffs12, tariffs36, [notes])  

 

by: jameskanePosted on 2008-11-21 at 14:22:33ID: 23017688

Thanks for that duncancumming - handy thing to know.

James

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