1212698 - How to resolve join syntax errors in Crystal Reports

Any one of the following join syntax error messages appear when attempting to link tables in a report or to preview a report in Crystal Reports:

• "Unable to understand after declare"
• "Failed to Open Rowset"
• "Syntax Error"
• "Expected lexical element not found: <identifier>"
• "OJ syntax error"
• "Outer Join syntax error"
• "ODBC Error: Query contains an illegal outer-join request"
• "SQL Server error"
• "ODBC error: Syntax error"
• "Query contains an illegal outer join request"
• "Incorrect syntax near Left Outer Join"

Similar error messages may also appear.

To resolve join syntax errors in Crystal Reports, please refer to one of the following technical papers:

How to resolve join syntax errors in Crystal Reports 9 (for Crystal Reports 9 and later)

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How to resolve join syntax errors in Crystal Reports 8.5 (for Crystal Reports 8.5 and earlier).

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