You're missing a closing )
$result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees (emp_name, emp_email)
VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')");
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "dan radom" <dan@radom.org>
To: <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:06 PM
Subject: [PHP] php insert problem
> <snip>
>
> $database = pg_connect ("host=localhost dbname=rbak user=nobody") or
die("database connection failed");
> $result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees (emp_name,
emp_email) VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')";
>
> if (!$result) {
> echo "query died\n";
> exit;
> }
>
> </snip>
>
> the above code produces a parse error. "parse error, unexpected ';' in
blah.php on line X"
>
> line X is the $result = pg_exec ($database, "INSERT into employees
(emp_name, emp_email) VALUES ('$emp_name','$emp_email')"; line. I've
started at this long enough, and it's time for other eyes to look. any
ideas? similar SELECT queries work just fine.
>
> dan
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