SQL Syntax error - can't find the error [closed]

Answer 1

Get rid of your single quotes or as @Joachim Isaksson said, use backticks `.

CREATE TABLE categories (id SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   category VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,   PRIMARY KEY (id),  UNIQUE KEY(category)   ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

Also next time, simplify your problem. You have a problem with the first CREATE TABLE statement. There is no need to print everything else. Also some formatting would be nice too :-).

Answer 2

You're surrounding your table and column names with ', it should be ` (backtick)

CREATE TABLE `categories` 
(`id` SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
 `category` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, 
 PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
 UNIQUE KEY `category` (`category`) 
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;