It works! Thank you Robert! I did not see the missing "i", and was convinced it was my novice grammar. Thanks to you, I'll be doing science this week instead of inventing new swear words. I really appreciate the Astro DataLab and its caregivers.
query = """
SELECT s.bestobjid, s.specobjid, s.ra, s.dec, s.glon, s.glat, s.class, s.elodieteff, \
s.elodiefeh, s.elodielogg, \
g.source_id, g.designation, g.ra, g.dec, g.l, g.b, g.parallax, g.teff_gspphot, \
g.mh_gspphot, g.logg_gspphot, g.rv_template_teff, g.rv_template_fe_h,
g.rv_template_logg, \
p.objid, p.ra, p.dec, p.l, p.b, p.clean, p.score, p.type, p.type_u, p.type_g, \
p.type_r, p.type_i, p.type_z, p.psfmag_u, p.psfmag_g, p.psfmag_r, p.psfmag_i, \
p.psfmagerr_i, p.psfmagerr_z, p.probpsf, p.probpsf_u, p.probpsf_g, p.probpsf_r, \
p.probpsf_i, p.probpsf_z, p.lnlstar_u, p.lnlstar_g, p.lnlstar_r, p.lnlstar_i, \
p.lnlstar_z \
FROM sdss_dr17.x1p5__specobj__gaia_dr3__gaia_source as j \
JOIN sdss_dr17.specobj as s ON j.id1 = s.specobjid \
JOIN gaia_dr3.gaia_source as g ON j.id2 = g.source_id \
JOIN sdss_dr17.photoplate as p ON s.bestobjid = p.objid \
WHERE p.clean= 1 AND p.type=6 AND g.teff_gspphot >2000. AND \
s.elodieteff>2000. \
LIMIT 10"""
result = qc.query(sql=query, fmt='pandas')
result