Re: Not Seeing Syntax Error

On 17 August 2011 16:49, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> wrote:

> For several INSERT INTO rows I get a syntax error when the quant column is
> NULL for one specific parameter. I don't see my error. Here is an example
> row:
>
> psql:insert.sql:8: ERROR: syntax error at or near ","
> LINE 1: ...ALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','**Arsenic',,'mg/L');
> ^
> The source line is:
>
> INSERT INTO chemistry (lab_nbr, loc_name, sample_date, param, quant,
> units)VALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','**Arsenic',,'mg/L');
>
> and the quant column is defined as type real. There are numerous other rows
> where quant IS NULL.
>
> What have I missed?
>

The error message points to the problem. No value, not even NULL, has been
specified for 5th column. Either put DEFAULT or NULL in there. You can't
put nothing.

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