Title: Need Help – SQL error & IE issue
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Need Help – SQL error & IE issue

 *  [nitecloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nitecloak/)
 * (@nitecloak)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/)
 * I’m hoping someone can help me with our WP 2.1 site.
 * [JustLikeHomeAFC.com](http://justlikehomeafc.com)
 * Everything was running great 3 days ago. My wife and I went away for an extended
   weekend and when we return two things are happening which cannot be the result
   of something we did because we were not here.
 * The first is, in FireFox we are getting the following error in the sidebar between
   the section called “Archives” and “Resource Links”. This is what we see:
 * > WordPress database error: [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 ‘^([adObis]):/’ at line 1]
   >  SELECT * , IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, 
   > INTERVAL 120 MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated FROM wp_links LEFT 
   > JOIN wp_link2cat ON (wp_links.link_id = wp_link2cat.link_id) WHERE 1=1 AND 
   > link_visible = ‘Y’ /^([adObis]):/�_id = 7 ) ORDER BY link_name ASC
 * And the second issue is we are unable to get our webpage to load in Internet 
   Explorer. IE just seems to be caught in a loop and never displays our page but
   all other sites I tried were fine, including another site I own which is also
   WP 2.1 driven.
 * Please Help. I do not know SQL and I am at a total loss how to fix this or what
   has caused it. Have I been hacked?

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 *  [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/)
 * (@blepoxp)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/#post-554144)
 * You need to open up your sidebar.php and see what code is directly under you 
   wp_get_archives.
 * Is it part of a plugins code?
 *  Thread Starter [nitecloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nitecloak/)
 * (@nitecloak)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/#post-554153)
 * I’m using the WordPress Default theme v1.6 by Michael Heilemann and Sidebar Widgets
   instead of the default sidebar.php
 * I don’t know what to look for though because I am not a developer or coder, just
   a user, and even if I knew what to look for I wouldn’t know what to do to rectify
   it.
 * Can you offer me some guidance?
 *  [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/)
 * (@blepoxp)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/#post-554155)
 * Copy the code from your sidebar that lies between the wp_get_archives and the
   resource links and paste it in here.
 * When you paste it here, make sure you surround it with backticks (`)or use the
   code button above the input screen.
 *  Thread Starter [nitecloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nitecloak/)
 * (@nitecloak)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/#post-554163)
 * Well with me using sidebar widgets I cannot get to the widget code inside my 
   admin dashboard. I went to my site and did “view source” and this is what I get:
 *     ```
       <li id="archives" class="widget widget_archives">                       <h2
       class="widgettitle">Archives</h2>
   
                              <ul>
                                      <li><a
       href='http://justlikehomeafc.com/?m=200703' title='March 2007'>March
       2007</a></li>
                              </ul>
                      </li>
       <div id='error'>
                              <p class='wpdberror'><strong>WordPress database
       error:</strong> [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
       '^([adObis]):/' at line 1]
   
                              <code>SELECT *  , IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, INTERVAL
       120 MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated   FROM wp_links  LEFT JOIN
       wp_link2cat ON (wp_links.link_id = wp_link2cat.link_id)  WHERE 1=1 AND
       link_visible = 'Y' /^([adObis]):/?_id = 6 )   ORDER BY link_name
       ASC</code>
   
                              </div><li id="linkcat-2" class="linkcat"><h2
       class="widgettitle">Resource Links</h2>
   
              <ul>
       <li><a
       href="http://www.cityofhowell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=58"
       title="City of Howell - Welcome to Howell, MI" target="_blank">About
       Howell</a></li>
       <li><a
       href="http://www.downtownhowell.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=60&op=page&SubMenu="
       title="Downtown Howell - Official Website" target="_blank">City of Howell
       History</a></li>
   
       <li><a
       href="http://www.aarp.org/families/caregiving/guide_to_longterm_care.html"
       title="&quot;The Cost of Long-term Care&quot; and more from AARP"
       target="_blank">Guide to Long-term Care</a></li>
       <li><a
       href="http://www.cityofhowell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=94"
       title="Howell Senior Center information via the official City of Howell
       website." target="_blank">Howell Senior Center</a></li>
       <li><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/miseniors" title="Michigan.gov website for
       Michigan Office of Services to the Aging" target="_blank">Michigan.gov MI
       Seniors</a></li>
   
              </ul>
       </li>
       <li id="linkcat-3" class="linkcat"><h2 class="widgettitle">Senior Links</h2>
   
              <ul>
       <li><a href="http://www.aarpmagazine.org/" title="AARP The Magazine -
       World's Largest Circulation Magazine for Seniors" target="_blank">AARP
       Online Magazine</a></li>
   
       <li><a href="http://www.topix.net/city/howell-mi" title="Great Local Howell News
       Updated BY Local People">Howell News - Topix.net</a></li>
       <li><a href="http://www.mem.com" title="Celebrate life and life events by
       preserving life stories to share with friends and family around the world for
       current and future generations.">Making Everlasting Memories</a></li>
   
              </ul>
       </li>
       ```
   
 * I would post you the actual sidebar.php code but as I am not using the default
   sidebar.php, do you still need it?
 *  [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/)
 * (@blepoxp)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-sql-error-038-ie-issue/#post-554255)
 * Hmmm. I’ve never used widgets. Can you turn them off one at a time?

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