ah...I also though it was because I didn't have a statement like where adsize = adsize or something but I tried that and got the same error I have been getting ... You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'FROM workorderform, WHERE WorkOrderID = WorkOrderID ORDER BY StartDate DESC' at line 2 and why does it keep saying line 2... here is the snippet as it is now: $sql = "SELECT WorkOrderID AS Work_Order_ID, DATE_FORMAT(StartDate, '%b. %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS Start_Date, DATE_FORMAT(EndDate, '%b. %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS End_Date, "; $sql .= "Advertiser AS Advertiser_Name,AccountNum AS Account_Number, Impressions AS Ad_Impressions, "; $sql .= "AdSize AS Ad_Size, CPM AS CPM_Rate, "; $sql.= "FROM workorderform, "; $sql .= " WHERE WorkOrderID = WorkOrderID ORDER BY StartDate DESC"; On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Allan Arguelles <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Umm.. I meant you need to put > > $sql .= "FROM workorderform "; > > between these: > > $sql .= "AdSize AS Ad_Size, CPM AS CPM_Rate, "; > $sql .= "ORDER BY StartDate DESC"; > > > :) > > > Terion Miller wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Allan Arguelles <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > $sql = "SELECT WorkOrderID AS Work_Order_ID, DATE_FORMAT(StartDate, > > > '%b. > > > %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS Start_Date, > DATE_FORMAT(EndDate, '%b. %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS End_Date, "; > $sql .= "Advertiser AS Advertiser_Name,AccountNum AS Account_Number, > Impressions AS Ad_Impressions, "; > $sql .= "AdSize AS Ad_Size, CPM AS CPM_Rate, "; > $sql .= "ORDER BY StartDate DESC"; > > > > You forgot the tables, plus you have an extra comma after CPM_Rate. > > well I changed it to: > > $sql = "SELECT workorderform.WorkOrderID AS Work_Order_ID, > DATE_FORMAT(workorderform.StartDate, '%b. %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS Start_Date, > DATE_FORMAT(workorderform.EndDate, '%b. %e, %Y %l:%i %p') AS End_Date, > "; > $sql .= "workorderform.Advertiser AS > Advertiser_Name,workorderform.AccountNum AS Account_Number, > workorderform.Impressions AS Ad_Impressions, "; > $sql .= "workorderform.AdSize AS Ad_Size, workorderform.CPM AS > CPM_Rate "; > $sql .= "ORDER BY StartDate DESC"; > > and got the same error.... > > > > >