Hello Friends, i am new to mysql and plz don't treat my question as a cilly as i am just getting into mysql.
my problem is: when i am executing the following query i am getting the error. whats wrong with the query? "desc" of table "accounting" and "user" and contents of them are also listed below. mysql version is : mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.54, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386) mysql> select *from accounting where uid = (select uid from user wher gid="apswan"); ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'select uid from user wher gid="apswan")' at line 1 mysql> mysql> desc user; +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | uid | varchar(20) | | PRI | | | | gid | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | comment | text | YES | | NULL | | | password | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | enable | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | gpassword | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | arap | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | pap | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | chap | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | mschap | varchar(35) | YES | | NULL | | | expires | datetime | YES | | NULL | | | b_author | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | a_author | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | svc_dflt | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | | maxsess | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | | user | int(1) | YES | | NULL | | | acl_id | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | | sess | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 18 rows in set (0.05 sec) mysql> desc accounting; +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+-------+ | date | datetime | | MUL | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | | nas | varchar(16) | | MUL | | | | uid | varchar(20) | | MUL | | | | terminal | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | client_ip | varchar(16) | | MUL | | | | type | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | service | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | priv_lvl | int(2) | YES | | NULL | | | cmd | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | elapsed_time | int(6) | YES | | NULL | | | bytes_in | int(10) | YES | | NULL | | | bytes_out | int(10) | YES | | NULL | | +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+-------+ 12 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> select * from user; +----------+--------+----------------+------------------------------------+--------+-----------+------+------+------+--------+---------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+------+--------+------+ | uid | gid | comment | password | enable | gpassword | arap | pap | chap | mschap | expires | b_author | a_author | svc_dflt | maxsess | user | acl_id | sess | +----------+--------+----------------+------------------------------------+--------+-----------+------+------+------+--------+---------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+------+--------+------+ | apswan | | network admins | $1$.bJrxNDv$1JDyhV/kOwglyU7wVB1MH1 | | NULL | | | | | 2003-10-26 18:36:44 | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NULL | | manoj | apswan | DNC Chittoor | $1$F6D75fPB$Mgu8OzHUZqzxzWsDSPoAT1 | | NULL | | | | | 2003-10-25 18:43:22 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NULL | | dncchitt | apswan | DNC Chittoo | $1$2pAHLzKV$qakvoD.PpZjWZh5u9TMiu. | | NULL | | | | | 2003-10-25 19:00:46 | welcome | bye bye | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NULL | | snc | apswan | SNC Engineer | $1$rqG.1CUi$mkPT6tEMMtRrCcXbMH7Sp1 | | NULL | | | | | 2003-10-25 19:01:28 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NULL | +----------+--------+----------------+------------------------------------+--------+-----------+------+------+------+--------+---------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+------+--------+------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from accounting; +---------------------+-----------+--------+----------+------------+-------+---------+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+ | date | nas | uid | terminal | client_ip | type | service | priv_lvl | cmd | elapsed_time | bytes_in | bytes_out | +---------------------+-----------+--------+----------+------------+-------+---------+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+ | 2003-10-19 18:52:55 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting network default start-stop group tacacs+ <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:53:18 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting resource default start-stop group tacacs+ <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:53:41 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting send stop-record authentication failure <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:53:55 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting session-duration ntp-adjusted <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:54:30 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting system default start-stop group tacacs+ <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:54:53 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | aaa accounting update newinfo <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:55:23 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | exit <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:55:28 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | start | shell | NULL | | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:55:30 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | enable <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:55:45 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | show running-config <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:06 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | clear ip access-list counters <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:15 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | clear ip access-list counters <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:29 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | clear ip accounting <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:31 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | exit <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:31 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty6 | 10.37.4.3/ | stop | shell | NULL | | 62 | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:38 | 10.37.5.2 | apswan | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | exit <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 18:56:40 | 10.37.5.2 | apswan | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | exit <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 19:03:55 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty0 | async/ | start | shell | NULL | | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 19:03:57 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | enable <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 19:04:01 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | show running-config <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 19:04:06 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | exit <cr> | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2003-10-19 19:04:06 | 10.37.5.2 | manoj | tty0 | async/ | stop | shell | NULL | | 11 | NULL | NULL | +---------------------+-----------+--------+----------+------------+-------+---------+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+-----------+ 22 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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