|  | Posted by Nicholas Sherlock on 06/18/05 04:23 
Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:> Caversham (acaversh@yahoo.com) wrote:
 > : I am trying to insert data into the fields id and term of the table
 > : key. id is an auto-incrementing field.
 >
 > : Each of the following forms fails:-
 >
 > : INSERT INTO key (id, term) VALUES (0, 'dog')
 >
 > : INSERT INTO key ('id', 'term') VALUES (0, 'dog')
 >
 > : INSERT INTO 'key' ('id', 'term') VALUES (0, 'dog')
 >
 > : INSERT INTO 'key' (id, term) VALUES (0, 'dog')
 >
 > : mysql_error() returns messages of the following form:-
 >
 > : 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 'key (id,
 > : term) VALUES (0, 'dog')' at line 1
 >
 > : What is wrong with the syntax?
 >
 > Guessing, but is key a keyword?  You might need to use a different name
 > for the table.
 
 If this is so, he should be able to use backticks ' ` ' to do the job:
 
 INSERT INTO `key` (id, term) VALUES (0, 'dog')
 
 Cheers,
 Nicholas Sherlock
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