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Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign mysql error 1064 insert up What is wrong with this alter table query? up vote 3 down vote favorite I am trying to add a column into mysql table using this query but mysql is complaining about syntax. I have seen number of sources but I am unable to see whats wrong here. mysql> ALTER TABLE dog add date TIMESTAMP(14); error: ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error 1064 mysql 42000 create table error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(14)' at line 1 table name 'dog', column name 'date' mysql share|improve this question edited Dec 28 '11 at 0:28 asked Dec 28 '11 at 0:08 enterprize 59952236 2 Didn't think timestamp required the precision.. Alter table dog add column 'date' timestamp; –xQbert Dec 28 '11 at 0:25 @ xQbert: thank you :) –enterprize Dec 28 '11 at 0:29 Yah sure youbetcha; everyone else had it, I just cleaned it up a bit :D –xQbert Dec 28 '11 at 0:35 be sure to accept either interroban or carlo's answers; I believe they both have the correct updates. –xQbert Dec 28 '11 at 0:47 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 5 down vote accepted DATE is a special word in MySQL, so you'll need to put backticks around it: mysql> ALTER TABLE dog add `date` TIMESTAMP; share|improve this answer edited Dec 28 '11 at 0:29 answered Dec 28 '11 at 0:09 Interrobang 11.2
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Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8650573/what-is-wrong-with-this-alter-table-query takes a minute: Sign up How can I fix MySQL error #1064? up vote 23 down vote favorite 7 When issuing a command to MySQL, I'm getting error #1064 "syntax error". What does it mean? How can I fix it? mysql parsing syntax syntax-error mysql-error-1064 share|improve this question asked May 7 '14 at 10:32 eggyal 81k1497144 add a comment| 2 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23515347/how-can-i-fix-mysql-error-1064 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 65 down vote accepted TL;DR Error #1064 means that MySQL can't understand your command. To fix it: Read the error message. It tells you exactly where in your command MySQL got confused. Check the manual. By comparing against what MySQL expected at that point, the problem is often obvious. Check for reserved words. If the error occurred on an object identifier, check that it isn't a reserved word (and, if it is, ensure that it's properly quoted). Aaaagh!! What does #1064 mean? Error messages may look like gobbledygook, but they're (often) incredibly informative and provide sufficient detail to pinpoint what went wrong. By understanding exactly what MySQL is telling you, you can arm yourself to fix any problem of this sort in the future. As in many programs, MySQL errors are coded according to the type of problem that occurred. Error #1064 is a syntax error. What is this "syntax" of which you speak? Is it witchcraft? Whilst "syntax" is a word that many programmers only encounter in the context of computers,
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SQL Server experts to answer whatever question you can come up with. Our new SQL Server Forums are live! Come on over! We've restricted the ability to create new threads on these forums. SQL Server Forums Profile | ActiveTopics | Members | Search | ForumFAQ Register Now and get your question answered! Username: Password: Save Password Forgot your Password? All Forums General SQL Server Forums New to SQL Server Programming Getting bad syntax adding a column Reply to Topic Printer Friendly Author Topic DeepGround Yak Posting Veteran 73 Posts Posted-07/28/2011: 16:48:22 Any ideas?mysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'COM' INT AFTER 'hosted';ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL serverne 1mysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'COM' INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'comp' INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD comp INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD comp INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'comp' INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'COM' INT;ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL servermysql> ALTER TABLE 'clients' ADD 'COM' VARCHAR(50);ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server tkizer Almighty SQL Goddess USA 38200 Posts Posted-07/28/2011: 16:57:50 I don't know about MySql syntax, but in SQL Server you'd have to remove the single quotes, all of them. I don't know anything about "AFTER", that appears to be MySql s