Using Prepared Statements to set Table Name

I’m trying to use prepared statements to set a table name to select data from, but I keep getting an error when I execute the query.

The error and sample code is displayed below.

[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Parameter 'Pa_RaM000' specified where a table name is required.



private String query1 = "SELECT plantID, edrman, plant, vaxnode FROM [?]"; //?=date
public Execute(String reportDate){
    try {

        Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(Display.DB_MERC);
        PreparedStatement st = conn.prepareStatement(query1);
        st.setString(1, reportDate);
        ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery();

Any thoughts on what might be causing this?

Answer

A table name can’t be used as a parameter. It must be hard coded. So you can do something like:

private String query1 = "SELECT plantID, edrman, plant, vaxnode FROM [" + reportDate + "?]";