Since your column name has an Upper case character, you will have to use
double quotes to drop it. Try alter table statustypes drop column "Suspect";

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> I'm not seeing why postgres won't drop a table's column:
>
> bustrac=# select * from statustypes order by stat_name;
>       stat_name
> --------------------
>   Client
>   Lead
>   No further contact
>   Opportunity
>   Proposal submitted
>   Prospect
>   Qualified
>   Referral
>   Suspect
> (9 rows)
>
> bustrac=# alter table statustypes drop column Suspect;
> ERROR:  column "suspect" of relation "statustypes" does not exist
> bustrac=#
>
> What have I done incorrectly?
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>
>

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