Re: [GENERAL] create table bug: the "no" string can't be a column

Marc -
Try this out:

test=> create table test (no char(8), city int4, region int4);
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "no"
test=> create table test ("no" char(8), city int4, region int4);
CREATE
test=> \d test

Table = test
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
| Field | Type | Length|
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
| no | char() | 8 |
| city | int4 | 4 |
| region | int4 | 4 |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
test=> select version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 6.4.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.
(1 row)

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> Hello,
>
> I am transfering data from a database Postgres 6.0 to a 6.4 version.
>
> The pg_dump wont do the trick...
>
> I had to create the database manually on 6.4. So I must replacate the exact
> structure of the old database. But I can't! One of my column name is "no" for
> number in french... It seems that I get an error message with a create table
> statment. I have tried to trick it: I named the column "no" to "noo" and tried to
> alter table to change the name afterwards... no luck. But the "noo" is working fine!
> Changing the "no" column is not an option... many programs depends on it!!!
>
> What can I do? What would be the right syntax?
>
> create table test (no char(8), city int4, region int4);
> --

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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
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