Title: Warning Missing Argument
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Warning Missing Argument

 *  [oogly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oogly/)
 * (@oogly)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-1/)
 * Getting this warning message when using the plugin:
 * Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare(), called in /wp-content/plugins/
   sponsors-carousel/sponsors-carousel.php on line 239 and defined in /wp-includes/
   wp-db.php on line 990
 * Have fixed the media_buttons issue for image uploader, but not sure what to do
   on this one.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sponsors-carousel/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sponsors-carousel/)

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 *  [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
 * (@baalam)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-1/#post-3338445)
 * Same situation… somebody help!
 * The faulty code is here, but how to fix it?
 *     ```
       $thepost = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT *
       			FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE guid = '".$scwp_link_image."'" ) );
       			if (isset($thepost->ID))
       			{
       				$scwp_list = get_option('scwp_list');
       				if ($scwp_list>"") $scwp_list.=" ";
       				$scwp_list .= $thepost->ID;
       				update_option("scwp_list", $scwp_list);
       			}
       ```
   
 *  [ppasieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ppasieka/)
 * (@ppasieka)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-1/#post-3338507)
 * Fix that work for me:
    You need to change $wpdb->prepare(…) before:
 *     ```
       $thepost = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT *
       			FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE guid = '".$scwp_link_image."'" ) );
       ```
   
 * after:
 *     ```
       $thepost = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT *
       			FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE guid = '%s'", $scwp_link_image ) );
       ```
   
 *  [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
 * (@baalam)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-1/#post-3338526)
 * It worked!
 * Thank you!

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## Tags

 * [missing argument](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/missing-argument/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-1/#post-3338526)
 * Status: not resolved