Martina,

- Check if table SUPPLIER contain field DESCRIPTOR
- for string constants use '' instead ""
- run the same SELECT in MySQL SQL Browse


- Supplier contains the field DESCRIPTOR.
- Do you mean use single quotes instead of double quotes? WHY?
- I ran this in MySQL Query Browser. It works. In VFP side, it will first display the error message I have shown, but continue on to display the correct results!

Dennis




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>SELECT A.REFNO, A.DATE, A.SUPPLIERID, A.TERMS, A.TOTQTY, A.AMOUNT, A.REMARKS,
>     A.PREPAREDBY, A.CHECKEDBY, A.PRINTDATE, A.POSTDATE, A.CLOSED, A.CANCELLED, A.ID,
>     B.CODE AS SUPPCODE, B.DESCRIPTOR AS SUPPNAME, B.ADDRESS AS SUPPADDR
>FROM pohdr A JOIN SUPPLIER B ON A.SUPPLIERID=B.ID  WHERE B.DESCRIPTOR LIKE "ABC%"
>ORDER BY REFNO
>

>
>MartinaJ
>
>>Dear Experts,
>>
>>What is wrong with this SQL statement?
>>

>>SELECT A.REFNO, A.DATE, A.SUPPLIERID, A.TERMS, A.TOTQTY, A.AMOUNT, A.REMARKS,
>>     A.PREPAREDBY, A.CHECKEDBY, A.PRINTDATE, A.POSTDATE, A.CLOSED, A.CANCELLED, A.ID,
>>     B.CODE AS SUPPCODE, B.DESCRIPTOR AS SUPPNAME, B.ADDRESS AS SUPPADDR
>>FROM pohdr A JOIN SUPPLIER B ON A.SUPPLIERID=B.ID  WHERE B.DESCRIPTOR LIKE "ABC%"
>>ORDER BY REFNO
>>

>>
>>If I placed exactly the same statement in MySQL Query Browser, it works. If I use it as my SelectCmd in a CursorAdapter, it generates this error, but gets the right result!
>>
>>Connectivity error: [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-5.1.52-community]Unknown column 'B.DESCRIPTOR' in 'where clause'
>>
>>Help!
>>
>>Dennis