MS SQL Exception: Incorrect syntax near '@P0'

I'm querying a DB using MS SQL and for some reason I get the following error: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near '@P0' even though this 'P0' isn't anywhere in my syntax...

I've read that someone has had a same issue but they were using a stored proc, something which I am not using so I don't see how his solution will work for me. (His solution being asomething about adding braces {} around the procedure call.

Anyways, below I have pasted the relevant code. Really hope someone can help me with this, getting quite frustrated.

PreparedStatement stmt = null;
Connection conn = null;    

String sqlQuery = "SELECT TOP ? \n"+
                              "z.bankAccountNo, \n"+
                              "z.statementNo, \n"+
                              "z.transactionDate, \n"+
                              "z.description, \n"+
                              "z.amount, \n"+
                              "z.guid \n"+
                              "FROM \n"+
                              "( \n"+
                              "select  \n"+
                              "ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY x.transactionDate, x.statementNo) AS RowNumber, \n"+
                              "x.transactionDate, \n"+
                              "x.statementNo, \n"+
                              "x.description, \n"+
                              "x.amount, \n"+
                              "x.bankAccountNo, \n"+
                              "x.guid \n"+
                              "FROM \n"+
                              "( \n"+
                              "SELECT  \n"+
                              "a.bankAccountNo,  \n"+
                              "a.statementNo,  \n"+
                              "a.transactionDate, \n"+
                              "a.description,  \n"+
                              "a.amount,  \n"+
                              "a.guid  \n"+
                              "FROM BankTransactions as a  \n"+
                              "LEFT OUTER JOIN BankTransactionCategories as b  \n"+
                              "ON a.category = b.categoryCode  \n"+
                              "WHERE b.categoryCode is null \n"+
                              ") as x \n"+
                              ") as z \n"+
                              "WHERE (z.RowNumber >= ?)";

stmt = conn.prepareStatement(sqlQuery);
stmt.setInt(1, RowCountToDisplay);
stmt.setInt(2, StartIndex);
ResultSet rs = null;
try{
    rs = stmt.executeQuery();
} catch (Exception Error){
    System.out.println("Error: "+Error);
}

Thanks in advance!

Solution 1:

SQL Server requires you to place parenthesis around the argument to top if you pass in a variable:

SELECT TOP (?)

Solution 2:

In our application we have extended a depraceted SQLServerDialect. After change to SQLServer2008Dialect the problem disappeared.

Solution 3:

Upgraded hibernate to version 5.x and came across this issue. Had to update "hibernate.dialect" configuration from org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect to org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect. Fixed the issue!

Hibernate Doc Reference: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/3.6/reference/en-US/html/session-configuration.html#configuration-programmatic

Hibernate Jira issue: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-10032

Solution 4:

It can also be caused by a syntax error in your SQL as was the case for me

select * from drivel d where exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and drivel.start_date < '2015-02-05' AND '2015-02-05' < drivel.end_date) OR exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and drivel.start_date < '2015-02-05' AND '2015-02-05' < drivel.end_date) OR exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and '2015-02-05' < drivel.start_date and drivel.end_date < '2015-02-05'

gave the message

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near '@P5'

the problem was actually the balancing ')' missing at the end, namely, correct version is

select * from drivel d where exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and drivel.start_date < '2015-02-05' AND '2015-02-05' < drivel.end_date) OR exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and drivel.start_date < '2015-02-05' AND '2015-02-05' < drivel.end_date) OR exists (select * from drivel where d.id = drivel.id and '2015-02-05' < drivel.start_date and drivel.end_date < '2015-02-05')