Question

Query :

select i.Name,ri.Country,ri.State,ri.City 
from Information as i
join ResidenceInformation as ri
order by Name

The error that i get is :

Error code -1, SQL state 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "order" at line 4, column 5.
Line 1, column 1

Execution finished after 0 s, 1 error(s) occurred.

Why am i getting an error ?

Answer 1

The error is because you forgot to specify JOIN criteria, like this:

  SELECT i.Name, ri.Country, ri.State, ri.City 
    FROM Information as i
    JOIN ResidenceInformation as ri ON ri.column = i.column
ORDER BY Name

You need to replace column with the names of the appropriate columns that link the tables correctly for the output you need.

You should also specify the table alias in your ORDER BY, to protect against an ambiguous column reference error.