Re: creating "user" table

Thanks for the information !!

delyx.

Daniel Åkerud.

> >>>>> "Chris" == Chris <tomcat(at)weirdness(dot)com> writes:
>
> Chris> Hi,
> Chris> This one is more for the developers, but other
comments welcome.
>
> Chris> Since we can't create a table called user in a
normal database due to
> Chris> the reserved keyword problem,
>
> False precondition!
>
> template1=# create database demo;
> CREATE DATABASE
> template1=# \c demo
> You are now connected to database demo.
> demo=# create table "user" (name text, age int);
> CREATE
> demo=# \d
> List of relations
> Name | Type | Owner
> ------+-------+--------
> user | table | merlyn
> (1 row)
>
> demo=# \d user
> Table "user"
> Attribute | Type | Modifier
> -----------+---------+----------
> name | text |
> age | integer |
>
> demo=# insert into "user" values ('Randal', 39);
> INSERT 1034607 1
> demo=# insert into "user" values ('Russ', 38);
> INSERT 1034608 1
> demo=# insert into "user" values ('Ron', 35);
> INSERT 1034609 1
> demo=# select * from "user" order by age;
> name | age
> --------+-----
> Ron | 35
> Russ | 38
> Randal | 39
> (3 rows)
>
> demo=#
>
> You can quote any reserved word to get any name you want.
> You just need to think of the table name of demo as
_ "demo" _.
>
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