Re: New to PHP, and stuck

Also, you should echo out $sql so you can see what is actually created. It will probably be obvious what the error is. ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Peloke" <epeloke@echoman.com> To: "Markus Jäntti" <janmark@bodo.kommune.no>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] New to PHP, and stuck > I am not php expert but why are there two (( after your create table? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Jäntti [mailto:janmark@bodo.kommune.no] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:34 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] New to PHP, and stuck > > > I'm working myself through Julie C. Meloni's book "PHP" and now I'm > stuck at > chapter 12. > My script gives me this error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near > '()' at line 1 > even tho I've even tried replacing my own work with the file from the book's > companion-files. > I'd be very happy if someone would take the time to look through this and > tell me what the problem might be. Hard to move forward when I don't > understand this. > > Here's the script: > > > <? > //indicate the database you want to use > $db_name ="testDB"; > > //connect to database > $connection = @mysql_connect("localhost","john","doe99") or > die(mysql_error()); > $db = @mysql_select_db($db_name,$connection) or die(mysql_error()); > > //start creating the SQL statement > $sql ="CREATE TABLE $_POST[table_name] (("; > > //continue the SQL statement for each new field > for ($i =0;$i < count($_POST[field_name]);$i++){ > $sql .= $_POST[field_name][$i]."".$_POST[field_type][$i]; > if ($_POST [field_length][$i] != "") { > $sql .= "(".$_POST [field_length][$i]."),"; > } else { > $sql .= ","; > } > } > > //clean up the end of the string > $sql = substr($sql,0,-1); > $sql .= ")"; > > //execute the query > $result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error()); > > //get a good message for display upon success > if ($result) { > $msg ="<P>".$_POST[table_name]." has been created!</P>"; > } > > ?> > > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>Create a Database Table:Step 3</TITLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > <h1>Adding table to <? echo "$db_name"; ?>...</h1> > > <? echo "$msg"; ?> > > </BODY> > </HTML> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >