Question

Trying to run a query, keep getting ERROR 1054:

SELECT *
    from my_table
    WHERE 1=1
    AND MYCITY = CHICAGO
;

Now, I use WHERE 1=1 and AND because I’m running multiple arguments. This is the only argument that clods everything up. The error is reads in its entirety:

ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column 'CHICAGO' in 'where class'

It’s looking for column CHICAGO instead of the value CHICAGO in column MYCITY and I don’t know why.

Answer 1

Need to quote your string value

SELECT *
    from my_table
    WHERE 1=1
    AND MYCITY = 'CHICAGO'
;