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I keep getting the following SQL syntax error:

ERROR MESSAGE

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 'desc, tag ) VALUES( '1', '1', '1', 'Jakis pis', 'Jakis tag')' at line 1Query failed

MYSQL QUERY:

$qry = "INSERT INTO lang".$lang." ( lang, submenu, live, desc, tag ) VALUES( '$lang', '$submenu', '$live', '$desc', '$tag') ";

print_r($qry);

Full SQL Query: INSERT INTO lang1 ( lang, submenu, live, desc, tag ) VALUES( '1', '1', '1', 'Some desc', 'Some tags')

I checked the table names and column names multiple times, can you see any syntax error?

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WARNING you code might be suseptible to sql injection attacks. –  Daniel A. White Jan 30 '12 at 13:57
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Can you post the error message? –  Lamak Jan 30 '12 at 13:58
    
@daniel - please note this will be for my localhost only. Also I'm using mysql_real_escape_string –  User789 Jan 30 '12 at 13:59
    
Are any of 'lang', 'submenu' or 'live' columns which only accept ints? –  dougajmcdonald Jan 30 '12 at 13:59
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@NewUser A tip: About 95% of the time, the exact place where MySQL places the first ' of the error message is where to begin looking for problems. Though it's understandable if you weren't aware of the reserved keywords. –  Michael Berkowski Jan 30 '12 at 14:03
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try:

  ( `lang`, `submenu`, `live`, `desc`, `tag` )

since desc is a MySQL reserved word

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+1 for spotting it before the error message was posted. –  Michael Berkowski Jan 30 '12 at 14:02
    
My MySQL did not point out what was the issue exactly? My error settings are on E_All –  User789 Jan 30 '12 at 14:10
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Try to insert your query,

INSERT INTO lang1 ( lang, submenu, live, desc, tag ) VALUES( '1', '1', '1', 'Some desc', 'Some tags')

in phpMyAdmin directly and see what it says their...

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