On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 16:31, Matthias Trevarthan wrote:
> 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:
> 
> '>

This prompt indicates you did not close the '' signs, IMHO the ' in
"I'm" is causing the problem, sql must think your command ends after the
I.  I think you can simply escape the ' with something like \'.

HTH

p.s. you will find the explanation of the different prompts in point 3.2
of the Mysql manual...
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