New version of VB for some reasons didn't like the MySQL tags this post had in it. I've restored the SQL in the original post, for reference it's:
CREATE TABLE `shout_box` (
`id` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
`user` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL ,
`time` TEXT NOT NULL ,
`message` TEXT NOT NULL
) ENGINE = MYISAM ;