[thelist] creating a mySQL table dynamically in php

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:02:43 -0800 (PST), Tom Dell'Aringa
<pixelmech at yahoo.comrote:

> I'm trying to create a table in my DB with a script. Here is the
> code:
> -----------------
> // connection stuff
>
> $sql  = " CREATE TABLE test  (";
> $sql .= "   pid    VARCHAR(12), ";
> $sql .= "   qty    VARCHAR(12), ";
> $sql .= " );  ";
>
> if(!@mysql_query($sql))
> {
> 	print "Err" . mysql_error();
> 	exit();
> }
> -----------------
>
> I don't get the table, I keep getting this type of error:
>
> You have an error in your SQL syntax near '); ' at line 1

Try removing the first semicolon in the last $sql .= line.  You don't need
semicolons at the end of a sql statement in php.

First lesson in debugging: print your output.  If it's a variable, print
the variable.  If it's an array, print_r the array.

Might I also recommend this:
http://www.evolt.org/article/rating/17/41393/index.html

--
sasha