mysql Paul,
I was afraid to hear that. It had said about line 2 in the error message. This line #2 looks normal. May I ask you to check this script below, but I am afraid it may be annoying. I will eventually put this on posting. Remember I use Windows XP. I would like to know if there is such an mysql "reader" to check syntax before I run the script. I am using MySQL by Sams in 21 days. Alan ========================================== CREATE db db2; USE db db2; CREATE TABLE Customers (Customer_ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, First_Name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,Last_Name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, Address VARCHAR(50), City VARCHAR(20), State VARCHAR(2), Zip VARCHAR(20), E_Mail VARCHAR(20), Age INT, Race VARCHAR(20), Gender ENUM('M','F') DEFAULT 'F', Eye_Color VARCHAR(10), Hair_Color VARCHAR(10), Favorite_Activity ENUM('Programming', 'Eating', 'Biking', 'Running', 'None') DEFAULT 'None', Favorite_Movie VARCHAR(50), Occupation VARCHAR(30), Smoker Char(0));