From: Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com>
To: Irina Gadassik <igadassik@standardbredcanada.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg reserved words
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:09:57 +0100
Message-ID: <44117AA5.2020801@logix-tt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060222102449.028482b0@messaging.ca.mci.com>
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Hi, Irina,
Irina Gadassik wrote:
> I am trying to create a table freeze and it seems "freeze" is a reserved
> word, but I don't see it in
> the list. Also in a different table I cann't create a column freeze.
> However it is possible in MySQL and Ingres.
It is a PostgreSQL specific reserved word, see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-keywords-appendix.html
However, it is possible to use it quoted:
postgres=# create table freeze (foo int);
ERROR: syntax error at or near "freeze" at character 14
LINE 1: create table freeze (foo int);
^
postgres=# create table "freeze" (foo int);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# select * from "freeze";
foo
-----
(0 rows)
postgres=# DROP TABLE "freeze" ;
DROP TABLE
HTH,
Markus
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