jim.davidson Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 I use Dreamweaver8, PHP, and mySQL 4.1.21 I'm getting this error when I try to update a record Unknown column 'y' in 'field list' I've tried everything, I can't figure out what's wrong...Please help Background Fields for orders table order_id int(10) auto increment Key field received enum('n','y') Default n received_by int(10) Default 0 variables $currentuser = 1 $upDateReceived = y $upDateOrder = 32 Here's the code $updateSQL = "UPDATE orders SET received_by = $currentUser, received = $upDateReceived WHERE order_id = $upDateOrder"; mysql_select_db($database_imcrecycle, $imcrecycle); $Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $imcrecycle) or die(mysql_error()); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/50664-solved-need-help-with-update-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
veridicus Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Wrap text in quotes... $updateSQL = "UPDATE orders SET received_by = $currentUser, received = '$upDateReceived' WHERE order_id = $upDateOrder"; Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/50664-solved-need-help-with-update-error/#findComment-249053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.davidson Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Thank so much, that did it. Sooner or later I'll catch on to when to use quotes. Thanks agan Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/50664-solved-need-help-with-update-error/#findComment-249061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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