Title: SQL Syntax Error on Activation
Last modified: January 19, 2018

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# SQL Syntax Error on Activation

 *  Resolved [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * (@jsmoriss)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/)
 * FYI – An error reported by the Query Monitor plugin:
 * Query Call Stack Component Error Code Error Message
 * DESCRIBE IF;
 *  do_action(‘admin_init’)
    wp-includes/plugin.php:453 MetaSeoAdmin->adminInit()
   wp-content/plugins/wp-meta-seo/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php:196 MetaSeoAdmin->
   createDatabase() wp-content/plugins/wp-meta-seo/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php:490
 *  Plugin: wp-meta-seo 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
   that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near‘
   IF’ at line 1
 * js.

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 *  Plugin Author [JoomUnited](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joomunited/)
 * (@joomunited)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9881965)
 * Thanks, we’ll check that right away and include a fix in the upcoming update.
 * Cheers,
 *  Plugin Author [JoomUnited](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joomunited/)
 * (@joomunited)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9886894)
 * Hi,
 * As I’m not not able to reproduce that, could you create an account on JoomUnited
   website, I’ll activate an access to support so we can take a look right at your
   website to fix that.It’s really important that we fix this for everyone 🙂
 * Please proceed and give me your ID here, on this post.
 * [https://www.joomunited.com/login-register?view=login](https://www.joomunited.com/login-register?view=login)
 * Cheers,
 *  Thread Starter [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * (@jsmoriss)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9886949)
 * No thanks – I do not give back-end access to my sites.
 * js.
 *  Plugin Author [JoomUnited](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joomunited/)
 * (@joomunited)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9888153)
 * Hi,
 * OK so it will be hard for us to fix a bug we can’t reproduce.
    Could at least
   share your PHP info or the PHP version in use?
 * Cheers,
 *  Thread Starter [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * (@jsmoriss)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9890209)
 * Sure, no problem, here you go. 😉
 *     ```
       $ mysql -V
       mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 5.5.56-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1
   
       $ php -v
       PHP 7.1.11 (cli) (built: Oct 29 2017 17:26:51) ( NTS )
       Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
       Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
           with Zend OPcache v7.1.11, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies
       ```
   
 * Although I don’t believe in “security through obscurity”, `php -i` is not really
   something I would feel comfortable posting publicly. 😉
 * js.
 *  Plugin Author [JoomUnited](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joomunited/)
 * (@joomunited)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9890388)
 * All we’ll try to check that with a a similar config.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-syntax-error-on-activation/#post-9890388)
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