Question

I’m having trouble figuring out why this query does not work. Names have been sanitized as this is proprietary code.

QRY: 
SELECT l.albert, o.ben, m.caleb, m.dennis, m.edgar
    FROM octopus o, lorax l, monkey m
WHERE o.ben = l.ben
    AND l.franklin= m.franklin
    AND o.ben= :ben
ORDER BY l.albert DESC
    LIMIT 1

Here is the error that I get:

MySQL 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 'QRY: SELECT l.albert, o.ben, m.caleb, m.dennis, m' at line 1

Answer 1

It seems like you have

"QRY: "

at the beginning of your query. It should start with

"SELECT ...