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* weird SQL statement question
@ 2005-04-23 17:55 Tadej Kanizar <Tadej.Kanizar@sagit-server.com>
  2005-04-23 18:30 ` Re: weird SQL statement question Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>
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From: Tadej Kanizar @ 2005-04-23 17:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Ok, so I installed the latest version of Postresql (8.02) on a WinXP SP2
machine.. 

My question is why won't the statement SELECT * FROM table work, whereas the
statement SELECT * FROM »table« works!

And, to explain a bit more, here's another example:

INSERT INTO TestTable (Name, Surname) VALUES ('name', 'surname');  .. this
DOESN'T work

INSERT INTO »TestTable« (»Name«, »Surname«) VALUES ('name', 'surname'); ..
this DOES work

 

Any ideas? :-)

 

Regards,

Tadej

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* Re: weird SQL statement question
  2005-04-23 17:55 weird SQL statement question Tadej Kanizar <Tadej.Kanizar@sagit-server.com>
@ 2005-04-23 18:30 ` Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>
  2005-04-23 23:57   ` Re: weird SQL statement question Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Frank Bax @ 2005-04-23 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

At 01:55 PM 4/23/05, Tadej Kanizar wrote:

>Ok, so I installed the latest version of Postresql (8.02) on a WinXP SP2 
>machine..
>
>My question is why won't the statement SELECT * FROM table work, whereas 
>the statement SELECT * FROM »table« works!
>
>And, to explain a bit more, here's another example:
>
>INSERT INTO TestTable (Name, Surname) VALUES ('name', 'surname');  .. this 
>DOESN'T work
>
>INSERT INTO »TestTable« (»Name«, »Surname«) VALUES ('name', 'surname'); .. 
>this DOES work


If you create a table using quotes and mixed-case, you will need quotes 
every time you reference the table.  Don't use quotes when you create the 
table and you won't need them when you acces the table with other commands.




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* Re: weird SQL statement question
  2005-04-23 17:55 weird SQL statement question Tadej Kanizar <Tadej.Kanizar@sagit-server.com>
  2005-04-23 18:30 ` Re: weird SQL statement question Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>
@ 2005-04-23 23:57   ` Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Mischa Sandberg @ 2005-04-23 23:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

Quoting Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>: 
 
> At 01:55 PM 4/23/05, Tadej Kanizar wrote: 
>  
> >Ok, so I installed the latest version of Postresql (8.02) on a 
WinXP 
> SP2  
> >machine.. 
> > 
> >My question is why won't the statement SELECT * FROM table work, 
> whereas  
> >the statement SELECT * FROM »table« works! 
> If you create a table using quotes and mixed-case, you will need 
> quotes  
> every time you reference the table.  Don't use quotes when you 
create 
> the  
> table and you won't need them when you acces the table with other 
> commands. 
 
I don't suppose that the original poster actually named the table 
"table"? In which case, being a keyword, it will ALWAYS need quotes. 
"Dreams come true, not free." -- S.Sondheim, ITW 




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