Re: column does not exist error

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dave Coventry <dgcoventry(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: column does not exist error
Date: 2009-11-18 14:39:09
Message-ID: dcc563d10911180639q46f7dc62n8aaa120d2be58d3b@mail.gmail.com
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Type may be a reserved keyword and need double quoting:

where "type"='client';

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Dave Coventry <dgcoventry(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Tearing my hair out, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
>
>  SELECT title FROM node WHERE type=client;
>
> ERROR:  column "client" does not exist
> LINE 1: SELECT title FROM node WHERE type=client;
>
> Yet this works:
>
>  SELECT type FROM node;
>  type
> --------
>  client
>  client
>  client
>  client
>  client
> (5 rows)
>
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