Found the problem.. seems that spanning the sql statement with a carriage return messed something up. It works fine now.. Sorry about the return receipt earlier... won't happen again.. Thanks Aleks -----Original Message----- From: Aleks @ USA.net [mailto:Aleks.k@usa.net] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:38 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Error updating db when using a ' I have a strange problem.... I am adding records into a MySQL db... there is a description column and everything works fine when I add a new record. When I try to edit an existing record it fails if I us an apostrophe ['] in the field. I thought that addslashes would take care of this but it is not working. Here is the code // Troubleshooting section Prints out the inform received from the form echo (" Output received from form <br>"); $A = $_POST['DID']; echo("$A<br>"); //<- For Troubleshooting $B = $_POST['DocName']; echo("$B<br>"); //<- For Troubleshooting $C = $_POST['Location']; echo("$C<br>"); //<- For Troubleshooting $D = $_POST['DocDescrib']; echo("$D<br>"); //<- For Troubleshooting // Add slashes to preserve proper formatting in db $DID = addslashes($A); $DocName = addslashes($B); $Location = addslashes($C); $DocDescrib = addslashes($D); // SQL used to update the record // Updates Existing Record $sql = ("UPDATE MySQL_dB SET ModDate=CURDATE(), DocName='$DocName', DocDescrib='$DocDescrib', Location='$Location' where DID='$DID'"); If I do not use the apostrophe in the DocDescrib field this works fine. The min I introduce one, I get the following error: Error adding new Data: you have an error in your SQL syntax near 's Thanks in advance for your assistance... Aleks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
