Zend DB – Count(*) not working-Collection of common programming errors

2 years ago

admin

2 minutes

My sql statement is not working with Zend, its complaining about the Count(*) field… what am I doing wrong?

// get open/closed
$stmt = $db->query('SELECT status, count(*) as total FROM reported_issues WHERE date_reported >= '.$today.' AND status IN (0,1) GROUP BY status');
while ($row = $stmt->fetch())
{
    switch ($row['status'])
    {
        case 0:
                $totalIssuesToday = $row['total'];
                break;

        case 1:
                $totalIssuesClosedToday = $row['total'];
                break;
    }
}

and the errors…

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Db_Statement_Exception' with message
'SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'Y' in 'where clause''
in C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\library\Zend\Db\Statement\Pdo.php:238

Stack trace:
#0 C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\library\Zend\Db\Statement.php(283): Zend_Db_Statement_Pdo->_execute(Array)
#1 C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\library\Zend\Db\Adapter\Abstract.php(484): Zend_Db_Statement->execute(Array)
#2 C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\library\Zend\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Abstract.php(235): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query('SELECT status, ...', Array)
#3 C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\html\siteadmin.php(59): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->query('SELECT status, ...')
#4 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\trunk\library\Zend\Db\Statement\Pdo.php on line 238

The complaint is actually about the WHERE — looks like your $today variable does not contain what you think it should. Specifically, since it says:
```
'SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'Y' in 'where clause''
```
it seems your variable contains a Y that shouldn’t be there. The count appears to have nothing to do with the issue.
Aside from what others have noted about the value you have in $today, you really should be using bound parameters with your queries

Originally posted 2013-11-10 00:13:40.