Why does MySQL return error on creating a table?

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I’ve been trying to create a table with user input name but I get an error no matter how I write the query.

right now query is like this:

query=("CREATE TABLE "+t+" ( NAME VARCHAR , DISTANCE VARCHAR , PRICE VARCHAR , LOCATION VARCHAR)")

and after running the whole code it returns:

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 ', DISTANCE VARCHAR , PRICE VARCHAR , LOCATION VARCHAR)' at line 1

I also tried other ways like using %s:

c.execute("CREATE TABLE %s (NAME VARCHAR, DISTANCE VARCHAR, PRICE VARCHAR, LOCATION VARCHAR)"%(t))

or {} on replacing the table name:

c.execute("CREATE TABLE {} (NAME VARCHAR, DISTANCE VARCHAR, PRICE VARCHAR, LOCATION VARCHAR)".format(t)

All codes return the same error.
Also tried changing columns names and datatypes. I’d be thankful if somebody could help me.

Asked By: DanialHMD

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Answer 1

First:

Be sure your variable t is a string.

Second:

You have to declare a size for your VARCHAR, so a max width for your string. Try:

query=("CREATE TABLE "+t+" ( NAME VARCHAR(90) , DISTANCE VARCHAR(90) , PRICE varchar(90) , LOCATION VARCHAR(90))")

Answered By: Lasse Lang

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