Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list'

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Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list' - El Forum - 07-15-2011

[eluser]rupin[/eluser]
I am encountering a strange error which I am not able to replicate with earlier version of Codeigniter (1.7)

The error I get is

Code:
A Database Error Occurred

Error Number: 1054

Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list'

INSERT INTO `devices` (`deviceIdentifier`, `installType`) VALUES (351863048175265, Free)

Filename: D:\wamp\www\Everythingelse\sieveSMS\system\database\DB_driver.php

Line Number: 330

My Controller code is as follows

Code:
$deviceID=$xmlString->deviceID;

            $appType=$xmlString->appType;

            $data = array(

                'deviceIdentifier' => $deviceID,

                'installType'=>$appType

            );

            $this->device_model->insert_new_device($data);

My model code is as follows

Code:
&lt;?php

class device_model extends CI_Model

{

    function insert_new_device($lData)

    {

        $this->db->insert('devices', $lData);

        return $this->db->insert_id();

    }

}

?&gt;

The two variables '$deviceID' and '$appType' have valid alphanumeric values.The columns 'deviceIdentifier' and 'installType' are varchar columns in table 'devices'

Has anyone encountered this error? when I add quotes around the variables '$deviceID' and '$appType', it works, but the value in the table also has the quotes.Do we need to process text data before inserting in the MySQL table via active record?

Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list' - El Forum - 07-18-2011

[eluser]kenjis[/eluser]
Put the code below in your controller:

Code:
var_dump($appType);

and what is in it?

Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list' - El Forum - 07-18-2011

[eluser]Eric Barnes[/eluser]
I would think this should fix it:

Code:
$deviceID = (int) $xmlString->deviceID;

$appType = (string) $xmlString->appType;

Unknown column 'Free' in 'field list' - El Forum - 07-19-2011

[eluser]rupin[/eluser]
var_dump($appType); echoes the following

object(SimpleXMLElement)#19 (1) { [0]=> string(4) "Free" }

As suggested by Eric Barnes casting worked!