| From: | Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
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| To: | Matthew Terenzio <matt(at)jobsforge(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: syntax error foreign key |
| Date: | 2005-08-17 02:38:44 |
| Message-ID: | m21x4t5lu3.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local |
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Matthew Terenzio <matt(at)jobsforge(dot)com> writes:
> On Aug 16, 2005, at 9:37 PM, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
>
>> db=# ALTER TABLE ONLY table ADD CONSTRAINT "$1" FOREIGN KEY (user)
>> REFERENCES users(user_id);
>> ERROR: syntax error at or near "user" at character 56
>>
>> I'm either blind or something besides syntax can cause this error. no?
>>
>>
>
> changed the field name to userid and it;s fine. Can't user the word
> user for field that references?
USER is an SQL keyword; you have to put it in double quotes to use it
as an identifier.
-Doug
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