I am relatively new at this, but is there any way to perform the following:
| obs_date | date | YES | | NULL | | | obs_time | time | YES | | NULL | | | object | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | observing_site | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | constellation | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | seeing | varchar(80) | YES | | NULL | | | magnitude | decimal(6,2) | YES | | NULL | | | temperature | decimal(6,2) | YES | | NULL | | | size | decimal(6,2) | YES | | NULL | | | telescope | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | r_a | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | d_e_c | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | eyepiece | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | magnification | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | filter | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | observer | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | | notes | varchar(254) | YES | | | | | imgurl | varchar(254) | YES | | NULL | | | key | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | key_pls_email | varchar(100) | | | key+observer | | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+--------------+----------- -----+
select * from table where key = 1; or select * from table where key = '1';
both of these return an error of: mysql> select * from observ_log where key=1; ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'key=1' at line 1 mysql> select * from observ_log where key='1'; ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'key='1'' at line 1
I can not find anything regarding using the primary key in the where expression.
key is a reserved word, so write your WHERE clauses like this
... WHERE `key` = 1; ... WHERE `key` = '1';
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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