a_bains Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I get this error with the code below: Could not update PC serials: 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 'case='case', psu='psu', cpu='cpu', mobo='mobo', ram='ram', hdd='hdd', video='vid' at line 1 <?php $title="Update PC"; include("header.php"); echo "<div id='nav'><a href='details.php'>Details</a> | <a href='workorder.php'>Add Work Order</a> | <a href='addpc.php'>Add PC</a> | <a href='index.php'>Search</a></div>"; require("connect.php"); if ($submit == "yes") { $sql_serial = "UPDATE computers SET case='case', psu='psu', cpu='cpu', mobo='mobo', ram='ram', hdd='hdd', video='video', drives='drives', pci='pci', other='other' WHERE computer_id=$computerid"; mysql_query($sql_serial) or die('Could not update PC serials: ' . mysql_error()); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/93168-mysql-syntax-error-frustrating/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/reserved-words.html case is a reserved word. Either wrap it with `backticks` in the query or best of all, change your table field names to avoid using reserved words. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/93168-mysql-syntax-error-frustrating/#findComment-477348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bains Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Yep, your right I just figured that out from searching a previous post. Thx alot! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/93168-mysql-syntax-error-frustrating/#findComment-477356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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