Title: WordPress database error – SQL syntax
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress database error – SQL syntax

 *  [josephus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephus/)
 * (@josephus)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-sql-syntax/)
 * Hello. I have upgraded to 2.1 and I am getting an error where my links and blogroll
   are supposed to be.
    MYSQL version 4.1.21-standard-log PHP version 4.4.4 Here’s
   the error: 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 ‘ASC’ at line 1] SELECT * FROM wp_categories WHERE cat_ID > 0 AND
   link_count > 0 ORDER BY cat_id- ASC
 * Anyone know what I can do? I don’t even know which file contains this code.
    
   Thanks. Joe

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 *  Thread Starter [josephus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephus/)
 * (@josephus)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-sql-syntax/#post-524720)
 * Two hours later: I fixed it by checking it against the sidebar file from another
   theme.
    I replaced this: `<?php get_links_list('id-'); ?>` with this: `<?php 
   get_links_list(); ?>` Then the error went away and all my links came back. Joe

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