Incoming from Arno Coetzee: > s. keeling wrote: > > > >Grr. Please, what's wrong with this?!? > > > > alter table MEMBERS > > alter MEMBER_INFO varchar(160); > > > >ERROR 1064: 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 'varchar(160)' at line 2 > > > >The field exists, but I'd like it to accept more chars. > > > >Debian/Gnu Linux Testing/Etch, MySQL 4.0 > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/alter-table.html
Yes, I've read it. Your point? Specifically? I am encoutering error 1064, surrounding table names and column names with backticks solves nothing. Is there something _specific_ on that page I'm missing? Thanks for trying. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - For the ChiComms: democracy human rights Taiwan Independence -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
