Re: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax;
At 0:09 +1000 8/6/06, Mark Sargent wrote: ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY a TINYINT NOT NULL, CHANGE b c CHAR(20); for changing the name of a column, right? So, why doesn't the below work? mysql ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id; I'm no great expert myself, but off the top of my head, maybe you need to specify the type even if it's unchanged (I assume all you want to do is rename the column?). So supposing director_id was a SMALLINT(3) UNSIGNED, try: ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id SMALLINT(3) UNSIGNED; Any good? -- Cheers... Chris Highway 57 Web Development -- http://highway57.co.uk/ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. -- W.C. Fields -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax;
Mark, With the CHANGE clause of ALTER TABLE statement, you must provide the column definition, so something like this is what you need: ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL; or whatever your original definition is. AFAIK there is no way to rename a column without giving the column type. --Rob Hi All, gee I really hate bugging you all for this. I looked at this page, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/alter-table.html which has this, To change column |a| from |INTEGER| to |TINYINT NOT NULL| (leaving the name the same), and to change column |b| from |CHAR(10)| to |CHAR(20)| as well as renaming it from |b| to |c|: ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY a TINYINT NOT NULL, CHANGE b c CHAR(20); for changing the name of a column, right? So, why doesn't the below work? mysql ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id; I get this, ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 Sorry, little confused right about now, eh. Cheers. Mark Sargent. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- Original Message -- FROM: Mark Sargent [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO:mysql@lists.mysql.com DATE: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:09:45 +1000 SUBJECT: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; Hi All, gee I really hate bugging you all for this. I looked at this page, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/alter-table.html which has this, To change column |a| from |INTEGER| to |TINYINT NOT NULL| (leaving the name the same), and to change column |b| from |CHAR(10)| to |CHAR(20)| as well as renaming it from |b| to |c|: ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY a TINYINT NOT NULL, CHANGE b c CHAR(20); for changing the name of a column, right? So, why doesn't the below work? mysql ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id; I get this, ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 Sorry, little confused right about now, eh. Cheers. Mark Sargent. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax;
You can't just change the name without changing (or stating) the type. ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actos_id varchar(96) default NULL; J.R. -Original Message- From: Mark Sargent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:10 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; Hi All, gee I really hate bugging you all for this. I looked at this page, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/alter-table.html which has this, To change column |a| from |INTEGER| to |TINYINT NOT NULL| (leaving the name the same), and to change column |b| from |CHAR(10)| to |CHAR(20)| as well as renaming it from |b| to |c|: ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY a TINYINT NOT NULL, CHANGE b c CHAR(20); for changing the name of a column, right? So, why doesn't the below work? mysql ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id; I get this, ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 Sorry, little confused right about now, eh. Cheers. Mark Sargent. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax;
At 15:19 +0100 7/6/06, Rob Desbois wrote: With the CHANGE clause of ALTER TABLE statement, you must provide the column definition, so something like this is what you need: ALTER TABLE actors CHANGE director_id actor_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL; or whatever your original definition is. Wow! I was right. I'm learning... :-) -- Cheers... Chris Highway 57 Web Development -- http://highway57.co.uk/ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. -- W.C. Fields -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
