FreeTDS Development Group

[Andy Cranston <a.cranston AT selwaymoore.com>]

Hello list,

After successfully compiling the dblib t001.c unit test program I am now on
the next stage of building my own C program to query a SQL Server 8.0
database.

I am trying to select three columns from a table based on a part identifier
number.  Here is the output of the program:

$ ./csq A4800A
select "Description","Manufacturer Code","Item Category Code"
from "TEST SML$Item" where ("No_" = 'A4800A')
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1
Server 'BUSSYS', Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'TEST SML$Item'.
./csq: part identifier lookup gave incorrect number of columns
$

So my syntax is wrong?  Ok - so this is a tsql transcript to the same
server:

$ tsql -S BUSSYS -U dbreadonly
locale is "C"
locale charset is "646"
Password:
Msg 5703, Level 0, State 1, Server BUSSYS, Line 0
Changed language setting to us_english.
1> use Test
2> go
1> select "Description","Manufacturer Code","Item Category Code"
2> from "TEST SML$Item" where ("No_" = 'A4800A')
3> go
Description     Manufacturer Code       Item Category Code
PCI FWD SCSI2 Interface Card    HP      MISC
1> exit
$

This works perfectly.

The only thing I can think of is that the table name:

TEST SML$Item

contains a space and a $ (dollar) character.  Could this be the cause of the
syntax error and, if so, why does running the same query via tsql work when
submiting the query via my C program does not?

Any help gratefully received.

I can post the C code to the list if necessary or email it to any kind
individuals who can help me out.

Regards,

Andy Cranston.

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