very odd behavior
I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
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what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>
desc is a reserved keyword (used in ORDER BY to indicate descending order)..
You can use keywords as field names though you have to put the in quotes (as
you found out!).
-Mitch
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I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
----------------------------what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
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desc is a keyword - ORDER BY DESC-ending
Robert Creager
StorageTek
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From: newsreader@mediaone.net [mailto:newsreader@mediaone.net]I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
----------------------------what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>
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Thanks everyone for very quick reply.
The reason I found odd was I had
created another able with the same
field name and don't recall having
problems at the time with 7.0.3.
Or did I get the same problem
but I just forgot? I dumped
and reloaded 7.0.3 table to 7.1
without problem though.
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On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:26:53PM -0600, Creager, Robert S wrote:
desc is a keyword - ORDER BY DESC-ending
Robert Creager
StorageTek
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From: newsreader@mediaone.net [mailto:newsreader@mediaone.net]I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
----------------------------what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>
desc is a reserved word (descending, ascending, having, from, etc...),
as in:
select * from foo order by col_a desc;
That is why you need the double quotes.
jeff
Jeff Daugherty
Database Systems Engineer
Great Bridge LLC
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I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
----------------------------what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
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On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:08:56PM -0400, newsreader@mediaone.net wrote:
I have 7.1
Can someone take a look the following
and tell me why I'm getting errors?
I'm completely baffled!
----------------------------what=> create table bla(desc text,def text,data text);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "desc"
what=> create table bla("desc" text,def text,data text);
CREATE
what=>
desc is used to mean descending, as in "order by foo desc". If you enclose
that keyword in quotes, then the parser knows you are using it as a field
name and doesn't wonder about what should be descending..
Cheers,
Patrick