On Wednesday 10 March 2004 15:11, AJ Seelund wrote: > 11 //create a table > 12 $sql = 'CREATE TABLE $newTable ( `daUser` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,' > 13 . ' `entryNumb` INT NOT NULL ,' > 14 . ' `priv` VARCHAR( 1 ) NOT NULL ,' > 15 . ' `comm` BLOB NOT NULL ,' > 16 . ' PRIMARY KEY ( `entryNumb` ) )'; > 17 > 18 > 19 $resulter = mysql_query($sql) or die("There has been an error > creating table: $newTable"); > on line 12 is where ive narrowed the error to. i know that the table > name is what is supposed to be there but im trying to create this based > on a post entry number and then adding "_comms" to the name.. Right so echo($sql) to find your error. > so the comments table for post number 1 would be named: 1_comms > im also having an issue with line 3, creating that name Use the concatenation operator, which is a period (.), a + is the mathematical addition operator. Also, always use mysql_error(). -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db ------------------------------------------ /* Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php