“Unknown column in 'field list'”, but column does exist

Question

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `transactions`;
CREATE TABLE `transactions` (
  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `purchase_date` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMAR         


        

Answer 1

There is an unprintable character 30 (RecordSeparator) inserted between purchase_date and the ' in the INSERT statement. Just remove the text ('purchase_date') and rewrite it by hand it should be fine.