Help with EQEmu Admin tool

[Immortal]

I've searched the forums to no avail and I'm hoping that someone can help me out.

When trying to set the database, host, and mysql username/password, I get this error:

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Exception: You have an error in your SQL syntax near " at line 1

The admin tool wasn't able to connect to table npc_types
in database "eq" at host localhost.
Please go to the Preferences dialog and set the username, password, database, and host values. If they are correct, this error may signify an error in that table that the tool's database components cannot handle.
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I've set the preferences to:
host: localhost
db: eq
username: *
password: *

I have the correct Everquest and MAP paths set.
Any help is appreciated!