javax.servlet. ServletException error

[vanan saravanan]

I have the following code but cant seem to trace where the error is coming from. Thank you for your help.

String userID= (String) session.getAttribute("userID");
String query1 = "SELECT (A.Leave - sum(B.Duration)) AS BALANCE_LEAVE FROM users A, leave B WHERE A.userID=B.userID AND A.userID = '" + userID + "'";
rst1 = stm1.executeQuery(query1);


The error is
javax.servlet.ServletException: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'leave B WHERE A.userID=B.userID AND A.userID = 'staff'' at line 1

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Vanan,
If you copy/paste the SQL into the database command line, what message do you get? Is it clearer?

[vanan saravanan]

Thank you for your help Jeanne Boyarsky but i'm unsure how to carry out what you said. I'm using mysql5 and tomcat 4. Is there anything wrong in the sql syntax.

[vanan saravanan]

Managed to solve the problem.

String userID= (String) session.getAttribute("userID");
String query1 = "SELECT (A.Leave - sum(B.Duration)) AS BALANCE_LEAVE FROM users A, leave B WHERE A.userID=B.userID AND A.userID = '" + userID + "'";
rst1 = stm1.executeQuery(query1);


A.Leave and leave B should not be the same. I changed my table name to leavetest B and it worked.


Thank you

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Great. Thanks for posting the solution.