Question

I am trying to create these two tables for a simple script I downloaded but when running the sql command it returns a syntax error.

The error I get is:

CREATE TABLE `usrsig` (
  `id` int(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `url` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `user` int(9) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
  KEY `user_own` (`user`) 
);

#1064 - 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 'KEY `user_own` (`user`) )' at line 6

And the following for the 2nd tabel:

CREATE TABLE `usruser` (
  `id` int(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `name` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  `pass` varchar(30) default NULL,
  `last` datetime default NULL,
  `hits` int(9) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
  KEY `name_index` (`name`) 
);

#1064 - 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 'KEY `name_index` (`name`) )' at line 8

If anyone could be so kind as to help me out I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks

Answer 1

You’re just missing a comma after PRIMARY KEY (id)

CREATE TABLE `usrsig` (
  `id` int(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `url` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `user` int(9) NOT NULL default '0',
  /* Comma needed... */
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  KEY `user_own` (`user`) 
);


CREATE TABLE `usruser` (
  `id` int(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `name` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  `pass` varchar(30) default NULL,
  `last` datetime default NULL,
  `hits` int(9) NOT NULL default '0',
  /* Comma needed... */
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  KEY `name_index` (`name`) 
);

As a tip, about 99% of the time, the error as reported by MySQL occurs exactly one character before the place identified. So look one character or symbol before KEY name_index:

check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘KEY name_index