Quoting "1LT John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net>:
> > 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.
>
> Try putting backtics (not single quotes) around the column name.
>
> $query = "INSERT INTO accounts (`id-sys`) VALUES ('".$accnts[0]."')";
>
> if that don't work, you'll have to rename the column.
Are backtics the same for MYSQL that brackets are for other dbs? I would use
[id-sys], but then again i'm stuck with MS-SQL.
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Ryan T. Gallagher
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