Question

I am trying to get a default query to implement upon page load but I get: 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 ‘FROM artist, cakes WHERE artist.artist_id = cakes.artist_id ORDER BY artist.ar’ at line 2

I’m quite new to SQL and my lecturer couldn’t help saying it is too complex but offered no further explanation so I thought it best to ask here.

The query in question:

    $q = "SELECT artist.artist_id, 
          CONCAT_WS(' ', artist_name) AS artist,
          cake_name,
          price,
          description,
          cake_id,
          FROM artist, cakes 
          WHERE artist.artist_id = cakes.artist_id
          ORDER BY artist.artist_name ASC,
          cakes.cake_name ASC";  //getting the cakes to display in ascending order of artist then cake name

Any help or insight where I’ve gone wrong would be gratefully received, thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You’ve got an extra comma after cake_id.

cake_id FROM artist,