Re: SQL problem?

From: Kretschmer Andreas <andreas_kretschmer(at)despammed(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL problem?
Date: 2005-08-24 17:08:04
Message-ID: 20050824170804.GA4085@kaufbach.delug.de
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cbraden <cbraden(at)douglasknight(dot)com> schrieb:

> Folks,
>
> I have a simple table called "adjusters" with only these three columns:
>
> id
> adjuster
> MonthlyGoal
>
> ==========COPIED FROM PGAdminIII=============
> CREATE TABLE public.adjusters
> (
> id int4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('adjusters_id_key'::text),
> "Adjuster" varchar(50),
> "MonthlyGoal" varchar(50),
> CONSTRAINT adjusters_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
> ) WITH OIDS;
> ==============================================
>
> The SQL "SELECT * FROM adjusters" works perfectly
>
> The SQL "SELECT * FROM adjusters ORDER BY Adjuster ASC" results in this
> message:
> ERROR: Attribute "adjuster" not found

Because 'adjuster' is not the same as 'Adjuster'. But, no problem:

SELECT * FROM adjusters ORDER BY "Adjuster" ASC;

Column names are case-sensitive.
Btw.: SELECT * is evil...

Regards, Andreas.
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