From: | Mathijs Brands <mathijs(at)ilse(dot)nl> |
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To: | User & <marc(at)oscar(dot)noc(dot)cv(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [SQL] why don't this create table work? |
Date: | 1999-11-03 04:00:26 |
Message-ID: | 19991103050026.B24046@ilse.nl |
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On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 05:59:15PM -0500, User & allegedly wrote:
>
> here is the sql:
>
> nnm=> create table nnm_event_limits (
> nnm-> nodename varchar(256) not null,
> nnm-> event_oid varchar(256) not null,
> nnm-> always_never varchar(1) null,
^^^^^^^^^^
There is a 'not' missing...
> nnm-> limit int4);
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "null"
>
> This is converted from openviews table scheema. here it is without the
> trailing null on always_never:
> nnm=> create table nnm_event_limits (
> nnm-> nodename varchar(256) not null,
> nnm-> event_oid varchar(256) not null,
> nnm-> always_never varchar(1) ,
> nnm-> limit int4);
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "limit"
>
> limit is not a reserved word as far as I can tell, any ideas?
Actually, it is. You can do something like the following:
select username from users limit 10;
> I am useing 6.5, got it from PG_VERSION file.
You're probably running 6.5.1 or 6.5.2. You can easily check this
by starting psql and checking the first few lines. It will tell
you the exact versionnumber.
> ps would useing text instead of varchar be a good thing to do?
That is my understanding, but I'm not completely sure.
Mathijs
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