On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 10:09:14PM -0400, 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?
See "Identifiers and Key Words" in the "SQL Syntax" chapter of the documentation, in particular the part that talks about quoted identifiers. Here's a link for the latest version: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
