You're missing a closing ) $result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees (emp_name, emp_email) VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')"); Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "dan radom" <dan@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pgsql-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:06 PM Subject: [PHP] php insert problem > <snip> > > $database = pg_connect ("host=localhost dbname=rbak user=nobody") or die("database connection failed"); > $result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees (emp_name, emp_email) VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')"; > > if (!$result) { > echo "query died\n"; > exit; > } > > </snip> > > the above code produces a parse error. "parse error, unexpected ';' in blah.php on line X" > > line X is the $result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees (emp_name, emp_email) VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')"; line. I've started at this long enough, and it's time for other eyes to look. any ideas? similar SELECT queries work just fine. > > dan > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > >