group is a reserved word, so MySQL thinks you're attempting a 'group
by' statement. Put backticks around group, you should always quote your
table and column names.

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `admission_quotes`;
CREATE TABLE `admission_quotes` (
`id` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`quote` text,
`author` text,
`category` text,
`class` text,
`active` text,
`group` varchar(5) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) TYPE=MyISAM;


-Micah
On 03/26/2007 10:31 AM, Rob Tanner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am porting over 6 databases from a MySQL v4 installation to a MySQL
> v5 installation and getting an SQL error in the process.
>
> I am using the following command to dump the data in the v4 installation:
>
> mysqldump -u root --password=secret --add-drop-table --databases db1
> db2 db3 db4 db5 db6 > db.sql
>
> and using the following command to upload the databases on to the v5
> installation:
>
> mysql -u root -p < db.sql
>
> But then I get this error:
>
> ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 140784: 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 'group varchar(5) default
> NULL,
> PRIMARY KEY (id)
> ) TYPE=MyISAM' at line 8
>
>
>
> The whole create table sequence from the db.sql file is:
>
> DROP TABLE IF EXISTS admission_quotes;
> CREATE TABLE admission_quotes (
> id int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
> quote text,
> author text,
> category text,
> class text,
> active text,
> group varchar(5) default NULL,
> PRIMARY KEY (id)
> ) TYPE=MyISAM;
>
>
> Any idea what the issue is? Is there something special I need to do
> when porting the databases between MySQL v4 and v5?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
> --
> Rob Tanner
> UNIX Services Manager
> Linfield College, McMinnville OR
>