Re: BUG #5254: can't drop a table

From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: fwoncn <fwoncn(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5254: can't drop a table
Date: 2009-12-24 22:20:11
Message-ID: 1261693211.2594.17.camel@hp-laptop2.gunduz.org
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On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 15:49 +0000, fwoncn wrote:
> I created a table named 'order' which is a reserved word in SQL by
> mistake in the pgAdmin bundled with the official distribution. and now
> a can't drop it in whatever way. in pgAdmin, the program hangs up when
> i click on that table. and i can't drop it using the SQL line: drop
> table order, cuz order is a reserved word and it's a wrong command.

Add double quotes around order:

DROP TABLE "order";

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