if you echo out the query..what is the output? -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dunning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] OK SQL experts...
Backticks, single quotes, or nothing at all makes no difference. I believe the parsing error is due to my parentheses or AND/OR structure. Any thoughts on that? On Apr 23, 2004, at 8:32 AM, John W. Holmes wrote: > From: "Brian Dunning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I STFW and RTFM and I still can't figure out why this returns a 1064 >> parse error: >> >> SELECT * FROM 'my_table' WHERE ('field_1' LIKE '%$keyword%' OR >> 'field_2' LIKE '%$keyword%' OR 'field_3' LIKE '%$keyword%') AND >> 'status' = 'active'; > > Use backticks around table and column names, not single quotes. > > ---John Holmes... > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > - Brian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php