On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:26, Stuart Felenstein wrote: > See below: > --- John Holmes <holmes072000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Are you sure it's the date that's causing the >> rejection? What does >> mysql_error() say? > > No, I'm not sure. At first the date was being > accepted but "wrong" in the database. It was setting > it to 1/1/2000. Someone suggested I add '' around the > value. Apparently it didn't like that and started > saying I had a SQL error. I've tried a number of > things, so far without success. > This is the current error: > > "0: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check > the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server > version for the right syntax to use near '', 1, 1, 24, > 25, 10/28/2004)' at line 5 " > > While this is probably a waste of bandwidth here is my > statement: > > $query = "INSERT INTO > CorrectTableName(RecordID,UserID,ProfileName, > Edu, WorkAuth, WorkExp, CarLev, Secu, Confi, Relo, > Telecomu, > City1, State1, City2, State2, TravelPref, > SalaryAnnual, SalaryHourly, Available) > VALUES (null, null, '$f1a', $f2a, $f2c, $f2d, $f2e, > $f2g, '$f5b', '$f3m', > '$f3n', '$f3e', $f3f, $f3g', $f3h, $f3i, $f3j, $f3k, > $f3l)"; > > Outside of the date I don't see where the error could > be coming from. Fields with quotes are string values. > I have no idea. You seem to be missing a single quote at the beginning of $f3g May I suggest that as well as echoing mysql_error() you also echo your query; that way you can see _exactly_ what is being passed to mysql and you can resolve problems like this simply and without resorting to the mailing list. -- David Robley Terminal glare: A look that kills... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php