Wrong SQL Syntax

My MySQL version is 5.0. I am trying to run this small query but getting this SQL error "Error! Could not insert valuesYou have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''userdata' ('fName', 'lName', 'email', 'confEmail', 'password', 'confirmPassword' at line 1" The syntax that I am working on is: $sql = "insert into 'userdata' ('fName', 'lName', 'email', 'confEmail', 'password', 'confirmPassword', 'address', 'city', 'state', 'postCode', 'gender', 'profession', 'ageGroup', 'mallPref', 'mailConsent') VALUES ($fName, $lName, $email, $confEmail, $password, $confirmPassword, $address, $city, $state, $postCode, $gender, $profession, $ageGroup, $mallPref, $mailConsent)"; dont understand where is it wrong. Does capitalization of INSERT also matters. I am new to this. Please advice. Thanks in advance. Chris -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wrong-SQL-Syntax-tf2722619.html#a7592840 Sent from the Php - Database mailing list archive at Nabble.com.