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Asked: 2026-05-22T02:20:32+00:00

I have a drop down list on a form with values: Value One Value

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I have a drop down list on a form with values:

Value One
Value Two
Value Three

The values go into a db.

I have another db with columns

Value One
Value Two
Value Three

I have an IF statement that if form Value One to get records in db from Colum Value One.

But getting error message Unknown column ‘Value’ in ‘field list’

I think it has to do with the space? Can I have spaces in the names in MYSQL? If I change it to Value_One, Value_Two, Value_Three can I change the form input Value to be Value%One, Value%Two, Value%Three etc will that work? Ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can wrap column names, table names, and other identifiers that contain spaces or keywords (like “select”) with backticks:

    `Value One`

    However, from the sound of it, I’m not sure that is your only issue. A use case where you select a column name in a form and submit it is a strange one.

    Is it possible that you are trying to get the values from a single column of the database, instead of multiple columns?

    Use DESC tablename to find out the column names.

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