Re: BUG #5839: pgAdmin makes bad query for creating a table when default value specified

This came from pgAdmin's *Default value* field. This field is supposed to
accept anything other than a string?

Aren

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "Aren Cambre" <aren(at)arencambre(dot)com> writes:
> > Using pgAdmin 1.12.2, I just tried to create a table with a character
> > varying(18) column. I put "none" (without the quotes) in the "Default
> value"
> > field for that column.
>
> > When I press OK to create the table, I get a dialog saying:
> > An error has occurred:
> > ERROR: column "none" does not exist
>
> Well, yeah, that's what you'll get. I don't see a bug here.
> If you want the literal string 'none' as default, you should put quotes
> around it. If you don't want a default, you shouldn't put anything
> there.
>
> regards, tom lane
>