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Thanks all for your help.
I actually have "Elmasri and Navathe - Fundamentals of Database Systems" on my bookshelf, so I'll just start reading :o)
/Kenneth
"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3AF8D55F.954794A9_at_exesolutions.com...
> Kenneth Jensen wrote:
>
> > I try to make a simple SQL syntax the way I have always done on other
> > databases, but Oracle says that it hasn't been properly terminated.
> >
> > SELECT tblHippie.*, tblTrip.strName FROM
> > tblHippie INNER JOIN tblTrip ON tblHippie.lngHippieID =
tblTrip.lngHippieID
> >
> > Can someone please tell me, what's wrong with it?
> >
> > Yours sincerely
> > Kenneth Jensen
>
> What is wrong is that you never opened a book on PL/SQL.
>
> You can not work with Oracle using syntax that appears to be straight out
of
> SQL Server.
>
> The advise you have already received from TurkBear will get you through
this
> one. But you will get no further if you don't buy a PL/SQL book, open it,
and
> read it.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Wed May 09 2001 - 04:44:30 CDT