Re: Postgres SQL Syntax

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot)" <jlistnews(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres SQL Syntax
Date: 2007-02-02 02:20:34
Message-ID: 13761.1170382834@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C." <jlistnews(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I've a postgres statement that reads:
> CREATE TABLE "channel" (
> "chanid" int NOT NULL default '0',
> "channum" varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
> "freqid" varchar(10) default NULL,
> "sourceid" int default NULL,
> .
> .
> .
> PRIMARY KEY ("chanid"),
> KEY "channel_src" ("channum","sourceid")
> );

That's not Postgres, and it's not SQL either ... it's a MySQL-ism.
Use a separate CREATE INDEX statement.

> Where can I find good examples of postgres syntax?

In the manual?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/index.html
(adjust URL to match your PG version)

regards, tom lane

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