Posted by Steve on 11/08/07 04:50

"lawrence k" <lkrubner@geocities.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 7, 12:19 pm, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
>> "Einstein30000" <dominic_er...@web.de> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1194453026.587359.180320@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > in one of my php-scripts is the following query (with an already open
>> > db-connection):
>>
>> > $q = "INSERT INTO main (name, img, descr, from, size, format, cat,
>> > host, link, date) VALUES ('$name', '$img', '$descr', '$user', '$size',
>> > '$format', '$cat', '$host', '$link', '$date')" or die(mysql_error());
>>
>> > And when the query gets executed i get back 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 'from, size, format, cat, host, link, date) VALUES ('bla', '-',
>> > 'keine', 'Holgi',' at line 1
>>
>> > Whats wrong here?!
>>
>> your sql statement is F.U.C.K.E.D !!! hmmmm...perhaps you'll now see the
>> value in FORMATTING your queries where a HUMAN BEING can read it. makes
>> it
>> easier to debug. :)
>
>
> Programmers will always disagree about how to style their code. Which
> is better, camelCase or under_scored variable names? People get into
> holy wars over this stuff. A great deal of energy is wasted on issues
> that, in the end, are mere matters of taste.

that's bullshit. i don't care what people prefer when they decide to
formalize their style of programming. what i get incensed about is when no
measure of formality is considered good practice. as for 'mere matters of
taste', you simply missed the boat on the subject at hand...NO FORMATTING
vs. ANY formatting.

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