On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:43:15PM -0000, Matt Davis wrote:
> Can anybody help with this
> 
> If I put the following statement in PHP my browser tells me that there is an
> error on the line.
> 
>     //create sql statement
>         $sql = "select Business_Name,Trading_Details where Business_Type =
> "Consultancy" and Bassingbourn != "0" from Main";
> 

You need to escape the double-quotes in the double-quoted string. I don't
know PHP, but usually something like below should work:

    //create sql statement
        $sql = "select Business_Name,Trading_Details where Business_Type =
\"Consultancy\" and Bassingbourn != \"0\" from Main";


Regards,

Fred.

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