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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:14:07+00:00

I am programatically generating a SQL statement that I then need to execute, however

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I am programatically generating a SQL statement that I then need to execute, however it is failing, I think due to not being escaped properly.

The SQL appears to be generated correctly in that I can cut and paste it from a browser and it executes correctly from the CMD line and PHPMyAdmin. Example:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `1_e6766037c49ccf8cc3f8437c123d6e88` 
(`intId` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`twitter_retweet_count` TEXT NULL ,......

I then try to execute it using CI with:

$query = $this->db->query($sql);

However it fails with:

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 '
`twitter_retweet_count` TEXT NULL ,.......

Any thoughts on where I might be going wrong?

Many thanks, Ben.

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  1. Editorial Team

    @adidasadida- thanks for your efforts. Your testing made me look further at the generate code and I realised I had an HTML character in there for display purposes (new line). This was the cause of the failure. Many thanks, Ben.

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