Posted by Jacob Lyles on 11/18/98 11:40

Howdy,

I'm a but of a newbie and I'd appreciate some help with a MySQL issue
I'm having. I'm trying to insert some data into MySQL from a POST form
but the query breaks whenever a user fails to fill out a value. Here's
the PHP code that breaks when the $_POST[opus] variable is left blank:

mysql_query("INSERT INTO piece VALUES (NULL, '$_POST[composer]',
$_POST[opus], $_POST[year], '$_POST[name]' , '$_POST[work_type]',
$_COOKIE[user_cookie])") or die(mysql_error());

Here's my error message:

"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 '1865,'Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major','1',15)' at line 1"

And lastly, here's the settings of the mySQL field:

opus is a mediumint of length nine. NULL = yes. Default = NULL.

Thanks,
Jacob

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