Re: sequence in schema -- broken default

From: Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Lee Harr <missive(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sequence in schema -- broken default
Date: 2004-01-23 20:37:44
Message-ID: 1074890264.40118618ccbd6@bugs.unl.edu.ar
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Mensaje citado por "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:

> > # insert into x values();
> > ERROR: syntax error at or near ")" at character 22
> >
> Actually if you think about it, it makes sense. At least from the
> example you provide.
> insert into x values(5) is a integer insertion, and it just inserts into
> the first column but
> the second example insert into x values() specifies a blank value. A
> blank is a string
> (versus a NULL which is nothing) and the parser barfs on it with an
> integer. Although
> you will get a different error, insert into x values ('') will also fail.

I feel as if the error message is saying that there's an error near ")" because
there is a missing value (no value al all), not because he entered a string.

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