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I am trying to store form input into SQL database via PHP. When I submitted the form, I received the following 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 'Describe, Living, City, State, Major) VALUES ('First', 'Last', 'Company ' at line 1".
Here is my PHP:
$insert_sql="INSERT INTO Interns (First, Last, Company, Description,Classes, Interview, Projects, Benefits, Describe, Living, City, State, Major) VALUES ('$first_name', '$last_name', '$company', '$description', '$classes', '$interview', '$projects','$benefits', '$describe', '$living', '$city','$state','$major');";
describe is a reserved word in MySQL and needs to be escaped with backticks.
INSERT INTO Interns (..., Benefits, `Describe`, Living, ...
You are using a reserved keyword Describe
You need to escape it using backticks in query as
INSERT INTO Interns
(
First,
Last,
Company,
Description,
Classes,
Interview,
Projects,
Benefits,
`Describe`,
..............
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As my first topic here, I'll try not to write something too bad a post ^^
First, a little context: I'm building a website that intends to use MySQL databases to store various data, as meetings data (date, hour, subject, room, etc.). I want to allow users to add entries to the Meetings table via a form, which I believe works well for now.
My problem is the following: the Hour data I'm storing in my table uses the hh:mm:ss format, but it seems that the : isn't appreciated.
Each $meetingStuff is something I get from the form, $meetingHour following the hh:mm format, and here follows the codelines defining the query I send to my SQL server.
$dateToInsert = str_replace('/', '-', $meetingDate);
$hourToInsert = $meetingHour . ':00');
$sqlStmt = "INSERT INTO Meetings (Date, Hour, Committee, Title, Room, Type, Agenda) VALUES ($dateToInsert, $hourToInsert, $meetingCommittee, $meetingTitle, $meetingRoom, $meetingType, $meetingAgenda);";
Here is the error message I get, after having sent the query:
/Back-end_Conf_PP_2022/php/meetingFormAction.phpError: INSERT INTO Meetings (Date, Hour, Committee, Title, Room, Type, Agenda) VALUES (03-07-2019, 17:20:00, COM 27, Abracadabra, H, Official, );
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ':20:00, COM 27, Abracadabra, H, Official, )' at line 1
Which let me think that the problem is the colon operator :, but I didn't manage to find how to get past it.
Thank you all for your time and attention :)
PS: Oh, by the way, the agenda value is empty "" for now but that's "normal".
Use PDO with prepared statement to solve your problem but, MOST OF ALL, to avoid SQL Injections.
$pdo has to be a PDO object.
$sql = "INSERT INTO Meetings (Date, Hour, Committee, Title, Room, Type, Agenda) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
$stmt= $pdo->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute([$dateToInsert, $hourToInsert, $meetingCommittee, $meetingTitle, $meetingRoom, $meetingType, $meetingAgenda]);
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I'm getting a syntax error for a very simple SQL query I'm trying to do:
INSERT INTO history (character, type, amount, extra)
VALUES('$character', '$type', '$amount', '$extra')
Here's the way the table is set up:
SQL table
The full error it gives me is the following:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'character, type, amount, extra) VALUES('Ellie', 'Gift', '-200', 'to Rick')' at line 1
I've already checked and double checked the usual mistakes like the table name, spelling errors, column order etc, but I'm clueless as to what it's still detecting, and hoping one of you can help me out...
character is a reserved keyword in mysql. Rename the column or use backticks for escaping it.
INSERT INTO history (`character`, type, amount, extra)
VALUES('$character', '$type', $amount, '$extra')
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Lines of sql code:
$uid=$_POST["uid"];
$mobile=$_POST["mobile"];
$service=$_POST["service"];
$exper=$_POST["exper"];
$range=$_POST["range"];
$af=$_POST["a_from"];
$at=$_POST["a_to"];
$min_charge=$_POST["min_charge"];
$statement=mysqli_prepare($con,"INSERT INTO service (uid,mobile,service,exper,range,a_from,a_to,min_charge) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($statement,"iisiiiii",$uid,$mobile,$service,$exper,$range,$af,$at,$min_charge);
mysqli_stmt_execute($statement);
$response=array();
$response["success"]=true;
echo mysqli_error($con);
echo json_encode($response);
Everything is ok, and I don't get any syntax error when I write the code (I am using a code editor software. However, when I use it online, I get this error:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use
near 'range,a_from,a_to,min_charge) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)'
This is not obvious. range is a reserved word. It makes a lousy column name, but if you use it, you need to escape it:
INSERT INTO service (uid, mobile, service, exper, `range`, a_from, a_to, min_charge)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Here is the list of reserved words.
For those who are curious, RANGE is a type of partitioning. You can read about it here. I am not sure why MySQL needs to reserve this, given that many keywords are not actually reserved.
I should add: Reserved word such as FROM, TO, or GROUP are obvious, but to me RANGE is rather unexpected as a reserved word, given that many syntactic elements are not reserved, such as OFFSET, PARTITIONS, HASH (also used for partitioning), HOUR, BEGIN.
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i have a simple php INSERT INTO SQL statement that simply refuses to update several columns at once. i have no idea why but the following statement is acceptabel;
$sql = "INSERT INTO niceTable (first) VALUES ('Hello')";
however if i try to following
$sql = "INSERT INTO niceTable (first, last) VALUES ('Hello', 'You')";
it breaks down and throws the following error:
"Error updating record: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'desc) VALUES ('Hello', 'update')' at line 1"
I have checked the syntax, but it seems ok. I am using a one.com server. Anyone got any tips?
Your actual query (not the one in your question) seems different. The error message seems to have desc somewhere, which is a reserved word. If you use reserve words as column names (don't), you should enclose them in backticks:
INSERT INTO tbl (`order`, `desc`) VALUES ('foo', 'bar');
As per your "posted code":
The reason being that first and last are MySQL reserved words
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/keywords.html
and require special attention.
Either wrap them in ticks or rename them to something other than reserved keywords.
INSERT INTO niceTable (`first`, `last`)
Edit: However, your error doesn't support the issue here, nor the column name(s):
for the right syntax to use near 'desc)
this tells me you are using desc which is also another MySQL reserved word.
You should also use prepared statements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepared_statement
Plus, should your inputs contain characters that MySQL may complain about such as apostrophes John O'Neil then you will need to escape those values.
MySQL will interpret that as ('Hello', 'John O'Neil') in turn causing another syntax error.
Escaping it, would interpret it as ('Hello', 'John O\'Neil') making it valid.
I'm thinking ahead here.
Enclose your column names in backticks
Last is a function in MySQL
$sql = "INSERT INTO niceTable (`first`, `last`) VALUES ('Hello', 'You')";
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This is my list of fields:
$fields = "ID, PropertyID, DateAdded, DateUpdated, RegionName, PropertyType, OtherType, SaleType, Condition, Price, CurrencyName, Title, MainImage, Summary, NoOfBeds, NoOfBaths, NoOfReceptionRooms, Floor, FloorSpace, Furnished, Pool, Garden, CoveredArea, MeasureUnit, Parking, DistanceSea, DistanceAirport, DistanceGolf, DetailNotes, FeaturedProperty, Sold, vrTour, Outbuildings";
And for some strange reason I am getting this 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 'Condition, Price, CurrencyName, Title, MainImage, Summary, NoOfBeds, NoOfBaths, ' at line 1
Has anyone ever come accross a problem in the field names, I have ages ago but can't remember how I solved it, and hey, I didn't know about SO then.
Condition
condition is the mysql reserved word use backquote to avoid error
`Condition`
Here is the list of mysql reserved words
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/reserved-words.html
Condition is a reserved keyword in mysql. If you really want to use it as a field name, you have to wrap it in backticks.
"Condition" is a MySQL reserved word and such needs to be used in backquotes.