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To: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Cannot drop column
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:50:58 -0500
Message-ID: <CANzqJaCtmNYd3BE+2C38_igTUUonzUaVtwdg_Asb_+VqAK5m0g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I'm not seeing why postgres won't drop a table's column:
>
> bustrac=# select * from statustypes order by stat_name;
> stat_name
> --------------------
> Client
> Lead
> No further contact
> Opportunity
> Proposal submitted
> Prospect
> Qualified
> Referral
> Suspect
> (9 rows)
>
> bustrac=# alter table statustypes drop column Suspect;
> ERROR: column "suspect" of relation "statustypes" does not exist
> bustrac=#
>
> What have I done incorrectly?
>
stat_name is the column. "Suspect" is a row value of column stat_name.
DELETE FROM statustypes WHERE stat_name = 'Suspect';
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