SQL Syntax Issue

Question

This is a weird one!!!
I am using Dreamweaver/php/mysql and I am in the process of
developing the forms that edit articles that have been added to the
CMS. I have a page called edit.php which has the current list of
articles. Each article has a radio button next to it and have given
it an id of "id" (which is what I called it in the DB). On
selecting this article, and hitting submit, this should load up a
editnews2.php. On editnews2.php I have a filtered recordset that
filters on "id " so that it loads the article selected into the
editnews2 form. I have bound the fields in the form to the related
fields in the recordset.
When I test this out using the TEST button, in the recordset
pop-up window and enter an id, it retrieves the correct article
from the database. However, when I do it using the forms, I get an
error:
"You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your Mysql server version for the right syntax to
use near " at line 1"
This is really weird because the recordset works and
retreives the data no problems, which mean the connection file path
is correct and other parameters are correct. I have tried lots of
times to try and figure this out but I am now really stuck.
Could anyone shed some light on this one?
regards
orange22

Answer 1

orange22 wrote:
> When I test this out using the TEST button, in the
recordset pop-up window and
> enter an id, it retrieves the correct article from the
database. However, when
> I do it using the forms, I get an error:
>
> "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to
> your Mysql server version for the right syntax to use
near " at line 1"
What that means is that the way Dreamweaver is building your
query
contains a mistake - probably an extra quotation mark or
something like
that.
Go into Code view and use echo to display the actual SQL
query being
sent to the database. That will give you a clue as to where
to start
troubleshooting the rest of the code.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/