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> FOREIGN KEY (A_areaNum) REFERENCES Area(areaNum), Put Area in backticks ('`'). See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/legal-names.html Nabegh Al-Thalji wrote: > When I execute the following query > > CREATE TABLE Sponsor ( > sNum INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, > sAdrBlock CHAR(2), > sCivil_ID CHAR(12), > sDateOfBirth DATE, > sDrvLicenseExp DATE, > sDrvLicenseNum CHAR(9), > sGender ENUM('M','F'), > sName VARCHAR(20), > sStatus VARCHAR(20), > sTelephone CHAR(7), > A_areaNum INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, > G_goverNum INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, > O_occupNum INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, > N_nationNum INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (sNum), > FOREIGN KEY (A_areaNum) REFERENCES Area(areaNum), > FOREIGN KEY (G_goverNum) REFERENCES Governate(goverNum), > FOREIGN KEY (O_occupNum) REFERENCES Occupation(occupNum), > FOREIGN KEY (N_nationNum) REFERENCES Nationality(nationNum) > ); > > I get the following error > > 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 > 'Area(areaNum), > FOREIGN KEY (G_goverNum) REFERENCES Governate(goverNum), > at line 17 > > Any ideas? > Thanks > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]