Re: Wierd postgres Problem

Your missing your fields types, i.e.:

CREATE TABLE media_received (
comp_id SERIAL NOT NULL,
dept_id INT4 NOT NULL,
date_rec TIMESTAMP DEFAULT 'now',

that should fix your problem...

Michael Fork - CCNA - MCP - A+
Network Support - Toledo Internet Access - Toledo Ohio

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Najm Hashmi wrote:

> Hi All,
> I am trying to define a new set of tables an I am getting this strange
> syntex problem on date, or timestamp data types. I am also getting error on
> not null constranit as well... Postgres is behaving strangely.... first
> definations with not null
>
> cmdb=# create table media_received (
> cmdb(# comp_id not null,
> cmdb(# dept_id not null,
> cmdb(# date_rec timestamp default 'now',
> cmdb(# units int4 default 0,
> cmdb(# media_type varchar(64),
> cmdb(# enqued int4 check (enqued=<units),
> cmdb(# encoded int4 check(encoded=<enqued),
> cmdb(# insys int4 check(insys=<encoded),
> cmdb(# constraint media_rec_pk primary key(comp_id,dept_id,date_rec),
> cmdb(# constraint media_dept_fk foreign key(dept_id) references department,
> cmdb(# constraint media_comp_fk foreign key(comp_id) references company
> cmdb(# );
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "not"
>
> Second definition without not null and data type timestamp,
> cmdb=# create table media_received (
> cmdb(# comp_id,
> cmdb(# dept_id,
> cmdb(# date_rec timestamp,
> cmdb(# units int4 default 0,
> cmdb(# media_type varchar(64),
> cmdb(# enqued int4 check (enqued=<units),
> cmdb(# encoded int4 check(encoded=<enqued),
> cmdb(# insys int4 check(insys=<encoded),
> cmdb(# constraint media_rec_pk primary key(comp_id,dept_id,date_rec),
> cmdb(# constraint media_dept_fk foreign key(dept_id) references department,
> cmdb(# constraint media_comp_fk foreign key(comp_id) references company
> cmdb(# );
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "timestamp"
> 3rd def with date as data type:
> cmdb=# create table media_received (
> cmdb(# comp_id,
> cmdb(# dept_id,
> cmdb(# date_rec date,
> cmdb(# units int4 default 0,
> cmdb(# media_type varchar(64),
> cmdb(# enqued int4 check (enqued=<units),
> cmdb(# encoded int4 check(encoded=<enqued),
> cmdb(# insys int4 check(insys=<encoded),
> cmdb(# constraint media_rec_pk primary key(comp_id,dept_id,date_rec),
> cmdb(# constraint media_dept_fk foreign key(dept_id) references department,
> cmdb(# constraint media_comp_fk foreign key(comp_id) references company
> cmdb(# );
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "date"
>
> is something wrong with my table definition syntex?
> All kind of help is appreciated.
> Regards, Najm
>
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