OK. This sounds great, but now I am getting a completely different error message. You have an error in your SQL syntax near '-sys) VALUES('sn4265-turner')' at line 1 Here is the INSERT statement: $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (id-sys) VALUES('".$accnts[0]."')"; Do I have to rename the column? I would rather not if I can avoid it. If I must, is this a problem with PHP or MySQL not understanding '-' in a column name? Thanks again. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Wolski [mailto:aaronjw@martekbiz.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:28 PM To: '1LT John W. Holmes'; NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI); php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: INSERT question... Hmm You learn something new everyday :) Aaron -----Original Message----- From: 1LT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] Sent: November 20, 2002 2:27 PM To: Aaron Wolski; 'NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI)'; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: INSERT question... > Try... $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (accnts,timestamp) > VALUES(''.$accnts[0].'','TIMESTAMP(10)')"; > > Might work? > > Aaron > For the OP, you don't really want to insert the text TIMESTAMP(10) into a column, do you? If you want the current 10-digit timestamp, then you can just use NOW() or CURRENT_DATE, so long as your column is declared with a width of 10. In fact, if it's a timestamp, you don't need to do anything, it'll be updated with the current time upon insert. so you could probably just do this: $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (accnts) VALUES (".$accnts[0].")"; ---John Holmes... > > -----Original Message----- > From: NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI) [mailto:sn4265@sbc.com] > Sent: November 20, 2002 2:16 PM > To: 'php-db@lists.php.net' > Subject: INSERT question... > > I have an INSERT statement that I cannot quiet get working. The > table that this data is being put into has 7 columns, but I only care > about > putting in the data from the first two columns at this time. The first > column is an array element, and the second column needs to be a > timestamp. > Here is the INSERT statement: > > $query = "INSERT INTO accounts VALUES('".$accnts[0]."', 'TIMESTAMP(10)', > , , > , ,)"; > > Here is the error being displayed on the web page: > > You have an error in your SQL syntax near ' , , ,)' at line 1 > Thanks in advance for the help. > > Scott Nipp > Phone: (214) 858-1289 > E-mail: sn4265@sbc.com > Web: http:\\ldsa.sbcld.sbc.com > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php