Re: what is wrong with this SQL?

On 20 Sep 2001, Alex K. wrote:

> create table USERS (
> ID decimal(19) CONSTRAINT primary_usr_oid PRIMARY KEY,
> WRITE_COUNT decimal(19) NOT NULL,
> CLASS decimal(10) NOT NULL,
> STATUS decimal(3) NOT NULL,
> USR_LOGIN_USER_ID varchar2(16) ,
> USR_PASSWORD varchar2(16) ,
> USR_PERSON_FIRST_NAME varchar(32) ,
> USR_PERSON_MIDDLE_NAME varchar(32) ,
> USR_PERSON_LAST_NAME varchar(32) ,
> USR_PERSON_SALUTATION varchar(32) ,
> USR_PERSON_SUFFIX varchar(32)
> );
>
> when i am in psql and i do: \i createUsersTable.sql i get this error:
> psql:createUsersTable.sql:13: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "("
>
> What is this?

What is varchar2? It's probably complaining that it has a type that
isn't there followed by a () size spec and gets confused at that point.