Re: Help with syntax error

On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM Arbol One <ArbolOne(at)hotmail(dot)ca> wrote:

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> *CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS registrar ( index SERIAL, registrar_id TEXT,
> day TEXT NOT NULL, month TEXT NOT NULL, year TEXT NOT NULL, hour TEXT NOT
> NULL, minute TEXT NOT NULL, second TEXT NOT NULL, millisecond TEXT NOT
> NULL, am_pm TEXT NOT NULL, admin BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false, CONSTRAINT
> key PRIMARY KEY (registrar_id) ); CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_name (
> user_name_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES registrar(registrar_id),
> first_name TEXT NOT NULL, middle_name TEXT NOT NULL, last_name TEXT NOT
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> *INSERT INTO registrar VALUES (DEFAULT, '18551420601012L23', '1', '12',
> '2024', '18', '55', '14', '207', 'PM'); INSERT INTO user_name
> '18551420601012L23', 'John', 'Fitzgerald', 'Kennedy'); <= *
> *UserNameTable.write()*
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> *Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: In
> company.contact.Company$UserNameTable.write() ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "'18551420601012L23'" Position: 23 *
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> The error is in the user_name_id, which is a primary that references the
> table "*registrar*" 's "*registrar_id" *primary key.
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> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-fk.html>, the insertion
> should be OK, no?
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> What am I doing wrong?
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What happens when you run those INSERT commands directly in psql?

Hint: it's probably going to complain about a syntax error in the second
INSERT statement.

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