Re: BUG #18065: An error occurred when attempting to add a column of type "vector" to a table named "vector".

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: BUG #18065: An error occurred when attempting to add a column of type "vector" to a table named "vector".
Date: 2023-08-22 13:26:45
Message-ID: 3093016.1692710805@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
>> When I run:
>> create table if not exists "vector" ();
>> alter table "vector" add column if not exists "fz_vector1_embedding"
>> vector(1536);
>> I got an error:
>> ERROR: type modifier is not allowed for type "vector"
>> LINE 1: ..." add column if not exists "fz_vector1_embedding" vector(153...

> You are in the wrong place, core doesn’t have this type.

I think it's basically a search path problem: the table's composite type
"vector" is masking the extension's type. Try schema-qualifying "vector"
with the appropriate schema name.

regards, tom lane

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