Rightparen error

I keep getting this error 1084: Syntax error:expecting rightparen before message

here's the code

private function populateDatabase():void

                              {

                                        var createTable:SQLStatement= new SQLStatement();

                                        creataTable.sqlConnection=sqlConnection;

                                        createTable.text= "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS highscores("

                                                                                          +"id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT, scores INTEGER)";

                                        try

                                        {

                                                  createTable.execute();

                                        }

                                        catch(err:Error)

                                        {

                                                  trace(err message);

                                        }

                                        addItems([

                                                              {name:"Bob", scores:"123"}]);

                              }