SQL syntax error. should be simple...

[Behemoth]

INSERT INTO tblDiary ( Year, Month, Day, Time, Event, Venue,
Details) 
VALUES('1976','12','03','10pm','strEvent','strVenue','strDetails')

why is this giving a syntax error please?
PS all fields are text fields, field names have been checked. These are not variables, 'cos I wanted to check the SQL...

Ta

[Jerry Grant]

Check that the column names are not 'Reserved words' in the database you are using. If they are then use alternative column names or wrap in square brackets as follows:

INSERT INTO tblDiary ( [Year], [Month], [Day], [Time], Event, Venue, Details) VALUES ('1976','12','03','10pm','strEvent','strVenue','strDetails')

Hope this helps

[Behemoth]

Thank you. That was it exactly...Is there a list of reserved words for reference anywhere?

[Behemoth]

Tom says thanks too

[Jerry Grant]

Access 2000 reserved word list......

-A
ADD
ALL
Alphanumeric
ALTER
AND
ANY
Application
AS
ASC
Assistant
AUTOINCREMENT
Avg
-B
BETWEEN
BINARY
BIT
BOOLEAN
BY
BYTE
-C
CHAR, CHARACTER
COLUMN
CompactDatabase
CONSTRAINT
Container
Count
COUNTER
CREATE
CreateDatabase
CreateField
CreateGroup
CreateIndex
CreateObject
CreateProperty
CreateRelation
CreateTableDef
CreateUser
CreateWorkspace
CURRENCY
CurrentUser
-D
DATABASE
DATE
DATETIME
DELETE
DESC
Description
DISALLOW
DISTINCT
DISTINCTROW
Document
DOUBLE
DROP
-E
Echo
Else
End
Eqv
Error
EXISTS
Exit
-F
FALSE
Field, Fields
FillCache
FLOAT, FLOAT4, FLOAT8
FOREIGN
Form, Forms
FROM
Full
FUNCTION
-G
GENERAL
GetObject
GetOption
GotoPage
GROUP
GROUP BY
GUID
-H
HAVING
-I
Idle
IEEEDOUBLE, IEEESINGLE
If
IGNORE
Imp
IN, In
INDEX
Index, Indexes
INNER
INSERT
InsertText
INT, INTEGER, INTEGER1, INTEGER2, INTEGER4
INTO
IS, Is
-J
JOIN
-K
KEY
-L
LEFT
Level
Like
LOGICAL, LOGICAL1
LONG, LONGBINARY, LONGTEXT

-M
Macro
Match
Max, Min, Mod
MEMO
Module
MONEY
Move
-N
NAME
NewPassword
NO
Not
NULL
NUMBER, NUMERIC
-O
Object
OLEOBJECT
OFF
ON
OpenRecordset
OPTION
OR, Or
ORDER
Outer
OWNERACCESS
-P
Parameter
PARAMETERS
Partial
PERCENT
PIVOT
PRIMARY
PROCEDURE
Property
-Q
Queries
Query
Quit
-R
REAL
Recalc
Recordset
REFERENCES
Refresh
RefreshLink
RegisterDatabase
Relation
Repaint
RepairDatabase
Report
Reports
Requery
RIGHT
-S
SCREEN
SECTION
SELECT)
SET
SetFocus
SetOption
SHORT
SINGLE
SMALLINT
SOME
SQL
StDev, StDevP
STRING
Sum
-T
TABLE
TableDef, TableDefs
TableID
TEXT
TIME, TIMESTAMP
TOP
TRANSFORM
TRUE
Type
-U
UNION
UNIQUE
UPDATE
-V
VALUE
VALUES
Var, VarP
VARBINARY, VARCHAR
-W
WHERE
WITH
Workspace
-X
Xor
-Y
Year
YES
YESNO


The following symbols should not be used as part of a field name:

.
/
*
:
!
#
&
-
?

[Behemoth]

phew! cheers pal.

Hope you have a good weekend...