Re: sql error

possible, but wouldn't phpMyAdmin export the name with the tick marks?? CREATE TABLE foo (where varchar(255) NOT NULL); Jule On Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002, at 21:51 US/Eastern, John W. Holmes wrote:

PHPMyAdmin may put tick marks around the name, which will get rid of the error. where varchar(255) not null ... ---John Holmes...

-----Original Message----- From: Jule Slootbeek [mailto:jslootbeek@clarku.edu] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:43 PM To: Marco Tabini Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] sql error Ah i see, but then why will phpMyAdmin let me use it? it works fine on my local db with these names, but on my remote server it refuses to create the table. Jule On Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002, at 21:47 US/Eastern, Marco Tabini wrote:

"where" is a reserved keyword in SQL--try changing the name of that column to something else. Marco ----------- php|architect -- The Monthly Magazine For PHP Professionals Visit us on the web at http://www.phparch.com! On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Jule Slootbeek wrote:

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a second one for one random question. when trying to enter this into my db: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dates; CREATE TABLE dates ( id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, date varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', at varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', where varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', with varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', whereURL varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', info varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (id) ) TYPE=MyISAM; (this is generated by phpMyAdmin) i get this error: ERROR 1064 at line 18: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'where varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', with varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',' at line 5 where's the error? i don't see anything wrong.. TIA, Jule Jule Slootbeek jslootbeek@clarku.edu

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