Worked like a charm, thanks. How do I avoid varchar if I the size of the text will vary with each entry?
It's going to be a pretty small database anyway so I'm not that worried, but how often do I optimize the table to avoid fragmentation? -Lisi At 10:29 AM 4/8/02 +0200, you wrote: >I don't think you can use text(50), > >It should be one of the following tinytext, mediumtext or text >Or you should use char(50). > >I would try to avoid using varchar() it fragments the database. > >Remco > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:11 AM >Subject: [PHP-DB] Error creating new table > > > > I am trying to create the following table using PHPMyAdmin: > > > > CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ayny( > > organization varchar(50) NOT NULL, > > subtitle varchar(50) NOT NULL, > > img varchar(20) NOT NULL, > > width varchar(5), > > height varchar(5), > > link varchar(30) NOT NULL, > > maintext text(50) NOT NULL, > > boxtext text(50) NOT NULL, > > ID INT(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, > > PRIMARY KEY(ID) > > ); > > > > But I keep getting the following error: > > > > MySQL said: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(50) NOT NULL, > > boxtext text(50) NOT NULL, ID INT(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,' at line 8 > > > > Any ideas what I'\m doing wrong? > > > > TIA, > > > > -Lisi > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
