Scott, 'Group' is a reserved word so you can't use it for a column name. try changing it to 'groups' or soething else that makes sense but is safe. George > -----Original Message----- > From: NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI) [mailto:sn4265@sbc.com] > Sent: 10 March 2003 5:24 pm > To: 'php-db@lists.php.net' > Subject: Query Help... > > > I am having a lot of trouble with a query that works fine from a > basic SQL command line, but fails in my web script. Here is the > portion of > code including the query: > > mysql_select_db($database, $Prod); > $query_groups = "SELECT name FROM group"; > $groups = mysql_query($query_groups, $Prod) or die(mysql_error()); > > Here is the error I am receiving: > > You have an error in your SQL syntax near '"group"' at line 1 > > I am wondering if for some reason group is trying to be > interperetted as the "GROUP BY" MySQL function? I am running PHP 4.2.3 > against a MySQL DB on an Apache 1.3.27 server. 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