Thread: HQL Update

Hello guys.. I don't know if this is the right place to be asking this question, but i need to know what's wrong with my HQL Update statement.. I am using Eclipse IDE with jboss server and below is my code for the update statement.. when i debug my program, the update statement don't get execute and it gives me something like this : ERROR [PARSER] line 1:88: expecting EQ, found ':'

public boolean updateEmployee(EmployeeDTO dto) {
 
		boolean isSuccess = false;
		Session sess = getSession();
 
		Transaction tx = null;
		try {
 
			tx = sess.beginTransaction();
 
			int empId = dto.getEmpId();
			String firstName = dto.getFirstName();
			String lastName = dto.getLastName();
			String email = dto.getEmail();
 
			Query query = sess
					.createQuery("update EmployeeDTO set firstName = :firstName, lastName = :lastName, email :email"
							+ "where empId = :empId");
			query.setParameter("empId", empId);
			query.setParameter("firstName", firstName);
			query.setParameter("lastName", lastName);
			query.setParameter("email", email);
			query.executeUpdate();
			tx.commit();
			isSuccess = true;
 
		} catch (Exception e) {
			isSuccess = false;
			if (tx != null)
				tx.rollback();
		} finally {
			sess.close();
		}
 
		return isSuccess;
 
	}