Re: Cannot create tabel named 'user'

From: "Harry W(dot) Waddell" <waddell(at)caravan(dot)com>
To: roman(dot)solomatin(at)tele2(dot)ee, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cannot create tabel named 'user'
Date: 2000-08-29 23:54:13
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.10.10008291649550.4357-100000@scimitar.caravan.com
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User is a key word, so the psql parser gets confused when you try to do:

create table user (....

but

create table "user" (...

will work. All references to the table will have to be in quotes as well.
FWIW, I'd use a different table name. e.g. yoyodyne_user.

HW
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:

> Roman Solomatin (roman(dot)solomatin(at)tele2(dot)ee) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> Cannot create tabel named 'user'
>
> Long Description
> Cannot create a table named user no matter if the database is old or freshly created. It may be version specific, because I have PostgreSQL 6.5.3 and system administrator doesn't update it to 7.x version.
>
> Sample Code
> In psql:
> template1=> create database new_database;
> CREATEDB
> template1=> \c new_database
> connecting to new database: new_database
> new_database=> create table user ( id int2 not null );
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "user"
> new_database=> create table users (id int2 not null );
> CREATE
> new_database=>
>
> No file was uploaded with this report
>
>
>

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