On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:49:12PM +0200, Mark wrote:
: > This is too weird; I can quote until I see blew in the face, but I cannot
: > seem to make MySQL understand that the name 'group-name' is valid to
: > select. It keeps blabbing "You have an error in your SQL syntax". I mean,
: > what is the purpose of its own quote function if it can not even quote
: > properly? Every other name works fine, except when a WHERE clause looks
: > for a column whose value has a dash in it. [/snip]
: >
: > Can we see the query?
: >
: > Jay
:
: Sure.
:
: $sth = $dbh -> prepare ("SELECT expiration from newsgroups WHERE
: newsgroup='$group'");
: $sth -> execute;
Try:
$sth = $dbh->prepare( 'SELECT expiration FROM newsgroups WHERE newsgroup=?' );
$sth->execute( $group );
...
* Philip Molter
* Texas.net Internet
* http://www.texas.net/
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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