Ying Lu <ying_lu(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca> writes:
> I have a table named "USER" under MySQL database. When I am trying to
> move tables from MySQL to PostgreSQL, I found that I could not create a
> table namely "USER". I guess "USER" is a key string used by PostgreSQL
> system so that we could not create a table named "USER". Is that true?
USER is a synonym for CURRENT_USER, as required by the SQL standard
(as far back as SQL92). So yes, it's a reserved word. You could
double-quote it if you really want to use it as an identifier.
regards, tom lane