On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Chris Hallgren wrote:
> ok here is my problem i have redhat 7 i installed mysql via the rpm and i get the
>following error
>
> mysql> select chrishallgren;
> ERROR 1054: Unknown column 'chrishallgren' in 'field list'
> mysql> select ' chrishallgren';
> +----------------+
> | chrishallgren |
> +----------------+
> | chrishallgren |
> +----------------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> for some reason i need a space to select the database is this normal and if not how
>do i fix it
>
ehh.. You are not selecting the database there ;)
use <database-name>
is the correct syntax to select a database. MySQL is doing exactly what
it's being told by you :)
by quoting it, it's just saying display me this..
HTH
Atle
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