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phpmysqlsqlcreate-table

MySQL and PHP table not being created


HELP! Code not creating a table, does this look ok? How do you usually debug to find out what is not working in MySQL?

<?php  
// Connect to the file above here  
require "connect_to_mysql.php"; 

$sqlCommand = "CREATE TABLE products (
id INT(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
product_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
price VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, 
details text NOT NULL,
category varchar(64) NOT NULL,
date_added date NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(id),
UNIQUE KEY product_name(product_name),
)";

mysql_query($sqlCommand) or die(mysql_error());
?>

Solution

  • The last line doesn't need a comma ,

    $sqlCommand = "CREATE TABLE products (
    id INT(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
    product_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    price VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, 
    details text NOT NULL,
    category varchar(64) NOT NULL,
    date_added date NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(id),
    UNIQUE KEY product_name(product_name)
    )";
    

    I tried out this code in phpMyAdmin first and found that error ^