On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, S. R. wrote:
>Actually I did have the "values" keyword in there.. I mistyped.. Here is
>what some of my sql looks like:
>
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051417,90000123,150502,'UCLA Bruins
>vs. Arizona ','Women\'s College
>Basketball.','','2000-02-19','1899-12-30',0,'','','','','2000-01-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051418,90000052,150600,'Spring
>Livestock Show','','','2000-02-09','',0,'','','','','2000-01-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES
>(90051419,90000052,150600,'KVHW','','','2000-02-10','',0,'','','','','2000-0
>1-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051420,90000052,150600,'Ohio
>Players','','','2000-02-11','',0,'','','','','2000-01-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES
>(90051421,90000052,150600,'Anthrax','','','2000-02-12','',0,'','','','','200
>0-01-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051422,90000052,150600,'Fu
>Manchu','Songs about pinball, cars and strange
>people.','','2000-02-12','',0,'','','','','2000-01-24','');
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051423,90000052,150600,'George
>Thorogood','','','2000-02-18','',0,'','','','','2000-01-24','');
>
>Here is the error I get when I try to execute this:
>You have an error in your SQL syntax near ';
>INSERT INTO MasterEventsUpdate VALUES (90051418,90000052,150600,'Spring
>Lives' at line 1
HI!
YOu get that error, because all char and char derived attributes in MySQL
should be quoted.
Also, if you want to insert several rows, run a single INSERT command for all
of them.
It is much more efficient.
Regards,
Sinisa
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