Re: Query in SQL statement

R, Rajesh (STSD) wrote:
>
> Am trying to port a mysql statement to postgres.
>
> Please help me in finding the error in this,

Can I recommend the reference section of the manuals for this sort of
thing? There is an excellent section detailing the valid SQL for the
CREATE TABLE command.

Also - the pgsql-hackers list is for discussion of database development,
and the performance list is for performance problems. This would be
better posted on pgsql-general or -sql or -novice.

> CREATE SEQUENCE ai_id;

This line is causing the first error:
> ERROR: relation "ai_id" already exists

That's because you've already successfully created the sequence, so it
already exists. Either drop it and recreate it, or stop trying to
recreate it.

> CREATE TABLE badusers (
> id int DEFAULT nextval('ai_id') NOT NULL,
> UserName varchar(30),
> Date datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00' NOT NULL,

Well, "Date" is a type-name, "datetime" isn't and even if it was
"0000-00-00" isn't a valid date is it?

> Reason varchar(200),
> Admin varchar(30) DEFAULT '-',
> PRIMARY KEY (id),
> KEY UserName (UserName),
> KEY Date (Date)

The word "KEY" isn't valid here either - are you trying to define an
index? If so, see the "CREATE INDEX" section of the SQL reference.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-commands.html

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Richard Huxton
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