On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:19, mkrisher wrote:
> All,
>
> I am trying to create a table in a mySQL database, seems like it would
> be easy enough, but for some reason it is not working, below is the
> code:
>
> // Query to create table and columns
> $sql = "CREATE TABLE 'products' (
> id INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTOINCREMENT
>PRIMARY KEY,
> description TEXT,
> jewelery-type VARCHAR(255),
> catalog-number VARCHAR(255),
> price VARCHAR(255),
> stone-type VARCHAR(255),
> stone-color VARCHAR(255),
> stone-cut VARCHAR(255),
> stone-clarity VARCHAR(255),
> stone-carat VARCHAR(255),
> supplier VARCHAR(255),
> metal-type VARCHAR(255),
> width VARCHAR(255),
> length VARCHAR(255),
> setting VARCHAR(255)
> )";
>
> // create connection
> // substitute hostname, username and password
> $connection = mysql_connect("mkrisher", "mkrisher", "") or die
> ("Couldn't connect to server.");
>
> // select database
> // substitute database name
> $db = mysql_select_db("richmondjewelers") or die ("Couldn't open
> database.");
>
> // execute SQL query and get result
> $sql_result = mysql_db_query($db, $sql) or die ("Couldn't execute
> query!");
>
> I always get the "Couldn't execute query" error, is there something
> else that I should be doing, watching for permission issues or
> something?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> __ Michael Krisher
> __ http://www.sectiongroup.com
Immediately after the mysql_db_query line, use mysql_error() to return
the mysql error message. I'll hazard a guess that it is because you
haven't assigned a default value to your autoincrement field.
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