Hi, If you really need to call it group, try using : `group` in your query (use the ` thing)
Regards, Velen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Krishna Chandra Prajapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "mysql" <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Create table > At 10:32 AM +0530 4/15/08, Krishna Chandra Prajapati wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have created a table name group. > > > >CREATE TABLE `group` ( > > `group_id` int(11) NOT NULL, > > `group_name` varchar(128) NOT NULL, > > `date_created` datetime NOT NULL, > > `created_by` int(11) NOT NULL, > > `modified_by` int(11) default NULL, > > `status` char(1) NOT NULL default 'Y', > > PRIMARY KEY (`group_id`) > >) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; > > > >The table was successfully created without any errors. > >After that when i try to describe it. Its giving error. > > > >mysql> desc group; > >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 'group' at line 1 > >mysql> drop table group; > >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 'group' at line 1 > > > >Does the problem is with table name. > > "group" is a reserved word. See this page: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/reserved-words.html > > The page also describes how to quote identifiers to avoid > this problem. > > -- > Paul DuBois, MySQL Documentation Team > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
