Question

What is wrong with this?

CREATE  TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Service Manager`.`Company` (
  `Company_ID` INT(6) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
  `GUID` CHAR(32) UNSIGNED NOT NULL ,
  `Region_ID` INT(6) UNSIGNED NOT NULL ,
  `name` VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL ,
  `inactive` TINYINT NOT NULL ,
  PRIMARY KEY (`Company_ID`) ,
  UNIQUE INDEX `name` (`name` ASC) ,
  UNIQUE INDEX `GUID` (`GUID` ASC) )
ENGINE = InnoDB;

ERROR 1064 (42000): 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 ‘UNSIGNED NOT NULL ,
Region_ID INT(6) UNSIGNED NOT NULL ,
name VARCHAR(45′ at line 3

Answer 1

I think you probably don’t want the UNSIGNED qualifier on the CHAR column.

See MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 11 Data Types :: 11.1 Data Type Overview :: 11.1.6 String Types :: 11.1.6.1 The CHAR and VARCHAR Types for more.