On 20 Oct 2001 22:34:05 -0000, you wrote: >PreparedStatement st = db.prepareStatement("UPDATE foo SET ? = '?' " + > "WHERE number = ?"); > >Whenever I use this I get a "Parameter index out of range" error. > >I am assuming that what this means is that I can't use a ? as a column >name, but it can only be used as a parameter. Am I correct in this?
You can only use ? parameters to supply values, not table names, column names or syntactical elements of SQL. >Should I basically do it like this: > >PreparedStatement st = db.prepareStatement("UPDATE foo SET " + colname > + "= '?' WHERE number = ?"); > >Is that the only way to do this? Yes. I don't think you need the single quotes though. Regards, René Pijlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster