You need to escape the ' mark in your string. The query should be: update vbooth_data set optionText='Not at all, I''m waiting for the other shoe to drop' where (pollID=34 AND voteID=3);
Note the '' within the string: the first tick escapes the second one. If you're more comfortable with C-style escaping, you can use \' instead (but this isn't so portable). Also, you shouldn't really be specifying your pollID and voteID as strings: take out the tick marks around those. Otherwise you're adding pointless (albeit small) load for the server to cast the string to an int. -Chris On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 10:31, Matthias Trevarthan wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm trying to perform an update on a php poll table. > > Here is the table description: > > mysql> describe vbooth_data; > +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | pollID | int(11) | | | 0 | | > | optionText | char(50) | | | | | > | optionCount | int(11) | | | 0 | | > | voteID | int(11) | | | 0 | | > +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > > And here is my update query: > > update vbooth_data set optionText='Not at all, I'm waiting for the other shoe > to drop' where (pollID='34' AND voteID='3'); > > When I hit Enter, it gives me this prompt: > > '> > > And nothing I input will do anything. I end up having to exit with CTRL-C or > CTRL-D. I know this is probably a simple syntax issue, but what am I doing > wrong?? And what is mysql looking for with that '> prompt? Thanks! > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
