- $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_image, link_target, link_description, link_visible, link_owner, link_rating, link_rel, link_notes, link_rss) VALUES(%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
- $link_url,$link_name, $link_image, $link_target, $link_description, $link_visible, $link_owner, $link_rating, $link_rel, $link_notes, $link_rss) );
+ if ( false === $wpdb->insert( $wpdb->links, compact('link_url', 'link_name', 'link_image', 'link_target', 'link_description', 'link_visible', 'link_owner', 'link_rating', 'link_rel', 'link_notes', 'link_rss') ) ) {
+ if ( $wp_error )
+ return new WP_Error( 'db_insert_error', __( 'Could not insert link into the database' ), $wpdb->last_error );
+ else
+ return 0;
+ }