MS Access equivalent query - mysql

Question

I'm attempting to write a query that I know is compatible with MySQL to MS Access. This is a programming assignment, so I'm not expecting an answer straight up given to me, but I don't know MS Access' version of SQL well enough. I wrote the MySQL myself, and tested it to be working. That's when I realized that the query needed to work for MS Access instead. So here is the known code:
SELECT `D`.`RENT_NUM`,
`R`.`RENT_DATE`,
`D`.`VID_NUM`,
`M`.`MOVIE_TITLE`,
`D`.`DETAIL_DUEDATE`,
`D`.`DETAIL_RETURNDATE`,
`D`.`DETAIL_FEE`,
`D`.`DETAIL_RETURNDATE` - `D`.`DETAIL_DUEDATE` AS `DAYS_LATE`
FROM `detailrental` AS `D`
JOIN `rental` AS `R` ON `D`.`RENT_NUM` = `R`.`RENT_NUM`
JOIN `video` AS `V` ON `D`.`VID_NUM` = `V`.`VID_NUM`
JOIN `movie` AS `M` ON `V`.`MOVIE_NUM` = `M`.`MOVIE_NUM`
WHERE `D`.`DETAIL_RETURNDATE` - `D`.`DETAIL_DUEDATE` > 0
ORDER BY `R`.`RENT_NUM`, `M`.`MOVIE_TITLE`;
I've been attempting to convert to MS Access SQL, but I still don't get it. Here is the most recent attempt.
SELECT [D].[RENT_NUM],
[R].[RENT_DATE],
[D].[VID_NUM],
[M].[MOVIE_TITLE],
[D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE],
[D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE],
[D].[DETAIL_FEE],
[D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE] - [D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE] AS [DAYS_LATE]
FROM [DETAILRENTAL] AS [D] INNER JOIN
(
[RENTAL] AS [R] INNER JOIN
(
[VIDEO] AS [V] INNER JOIN [MOVIE] AS [M] ON [V].[MOVIE_NUM] = [M].[MOVIE_NUM]
) ON [D].[VID_NUM] = [V].[VID_NUM]
) ON [D].[RENT_NUM] = [R].[RENT_NUM]
WHERE [D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE] - [D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE] > 0
ORDER BY [R].[RENT_NUM], [M].[MOVIE_TITLE];
The error I receive is Syntax error in JOIN operation. I know what that means, but I don't know MS Access' SQL well enough to spot the error.

Answer 1

It has been a while since I had to write any access query, so I just went with syntax described by official documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb208854(v=office.12).aspx. Figured out it had syntax error in it. So to make query work you have to wrap JOIN with parenthesis. But each ON statement still needs to be inside each set of parenthesis not on outside. This should do the trick.
SELECT [D].[RENT_NUM]
,[R].[RENT_DATE]
,[D].[VID_NUM]
,[M].[MOVIE_TITLE]
,[D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE]
,[D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE]
,[D].[DETAIL_FEE]
,[D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE] - [D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE] AS [DAYS_LATE]
FROM (
(
(
[detailrental] AS [D] )
INNER JOIN [rental] AS [R]
ON [D].[RENT_NUM] = [R].[RENT_NUM] )
INNER JOIN [video] AS [V]
ON D.VID_NUM = [V].[VID_NUM] )
INNER JOIN [movie] AS [M]
ON [V].[MOVIE_NUM] = [M].[MOVIE_NUM]
WHERE [D].[DETAIL_RETURNDATE] - [D].[DETAIL_DUEDATE] > 0
ORDER BY [R].[RENT_NUM]
,[M].[MOVIE_TITLE];

Answer 2

Since we know that the problem is with the JOINs let's start from the innermost set of parentheses and work outwards:
[VIDEO] AS [V]
INNER JOIN
[MOVIE] AS [M]
ON [V].[MOVIE_NUM] = [M].[MOVIE_NUM]
That looks fine. Let's move out one level:
[RENTAL] AS [R] INNER JOIN
(
[VIDEO] AS [V]
INNER JOIN
[MOVIE] AS [M]
ON [V].[MOVIE_NUM] = [M].[MOVIE_NUM]
)
ON [D].[VID_NUM] = [V].[VID_NUM]
This JOIN won't work. Can you see why?