Paul_S_Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Yes, I may have mixed up the input and output from different iterations of > running it. Let me try posting this again although it may not be an issue. > Once again if I enter two sequential apostrophes in the name (O''Brien) > the INSERT passes right through to MySQL without an error. > > THE INPUT: > > $sql_insert_registration = sprintf("INSERT INTO > Registrations ( > Class_ID, > prid, > Registrant, > Company, > Phone, > Email > ) > VALUES ( > $_POST[Class_ID], > $_POST[prid], > '%s',". > parseNull($_POST['Company']).", > '$_POST[Phone]', > '$_POST[Email]' > )", mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['Registrant'])); > > echo "<pre>$_POST['Registrant".$_POST["Registrant"]."</pre>"; > echo "<pre>".mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["Registrant"])."</pre>"; > echo "<pre>".$sql_insert_registration."</pre>"; > > > THE OUTPUT: > > Brian O'Brien > Brian O\'Brien > INSERT INTO > Registrations ( > Class_ID, > prid, > Registrant, > Company, > Phone, > Email > ) > VALUES ( > 355, > 257, > 'Brian O\'Brien',NULL, > '612-456-5678', > 'somebody@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > ) > Error: 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 > 'Brien', 'Class registration confirmation', ' This email ' at line 16 > > > Paul S. Johnson > U.S. Bankruptcy Court > District of Minnesota > paul_s_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 612-664-5276 Check the settings for magic-quotes, and make sure you aren't using stripslashes somewhere? Also, echo the actual query that is being passed to mysql to check what is happening. Cheers -- David Robley Life is Roff when yer Stewpid Today is Sweetmorn, the 70th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3176. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php