sheeri kritzer wrote:
<snip>
MySQL usually gives a syntax error *where* the error happens. In this
case, it would indicate a problem with "SEC_TO_TIME(" but there
shouldn't be a problem, both according to the manual AND according to
my example.
The parser reads the query left-to-right and always quotes the first thing it
doesn't understand. As often as not, that's the first thing *after* the actual
error. Here's a simple example:
SELECT version ();
"SELECT" is proper, of course. Next comes "version". It doesn't have a
parenthesis attached, so it must be a column name. Since "version" is a column,
it should be followed by a comma, an alias, the word "AS", or some operator. In
that context, the "(" that comes next doesn't make sense, so that is what mysql
tells you:
mysql> SELECT VERSION ();
ERROR 1064 (42000): 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
'()' at line 1
The actual error, though, is the space right before the quoted part of the
query.
Michael
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