select top 5 machine.name, machine.model, machine.scantime
'INSERT INTO [SMS_000].[dbo].[BMCMachines] ([ComputerName],[MachineModel],[stime]) VALUES (' + '''' + machine.name + ''',' + '''' + machine.model + ''',' + convert(datetime,machine.scantime,112) + ''')' from machine
This query is syntactically incorrect. Try putting a comma after machine.scantime. What is it that you are really trying to do? How about this?
INSERT INTO [SMS_000].[dbo].[BMCMachines]
([ComputerName],[MachineModel],[stime])
SELECT top 5
machine.name,
machine.model,
machine.scantime
FROM machine
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