MySQL giving weird error

Question

What is wrong in the following query:

SELECT * FROM forms 
LEFT JOIN form_fields ON forms.id = form_field.parent_id 
LEFT JOIN form_options ON form_field.id = form_options.parent_id 
WHERE forms.name = activities

MySQL says 'unknown column 'activities'' where obviously forms.name should be seen as column name

Answer 1

I think you're just missing the quotes, try this:

SELECT * FROM forms 
LEFT JOIN form_fields ON forms.id = form_field.parent_id 
LEFT JOIN form_options ON form_field.id = form_options.parent_id 
WHERE forms.name = 'activities'