Re: creating "user" table

Thanks for the information !!

delyx.

Daniel Åkerud.

> >>>>> "Chris" == Chris  <tomcat@weirdness.com> writes:
>
> Chris> Hi,
> Chris> This one is more for the developers, but other
comments welcome.
>
> Chris> Since we can't create a table called user in a
normal database due to
> Chris> the reserved keyword problem,
>
> False precondition!
>
>     template1=# create database demo;
>     CREATE DATABASE
>     template1=# \c demo
>     You are now connected to database demo.
>     demo=# create table "user" (name text, age int);
>     CREATE
>     demo=# \d
>        List of relations
>      Name | Type  | Owner
>     ------+-------+--------
>      user | table | merlyn
>     (1 row)
>
>     demo=# \d user
>               Table "user"
>      Attribute |  Type   | Modifier
>     -----------+---------+----------
>      name      | text    |
>      age       | integer |
>
>     demo=# insert into "user" values ('Randal', 39);
>     INSERT 1034607 1
>     demo=# insert into "user" values ('Russ', 38);
>     INSERT 1034608 1
>     demo=# insert into "user" values ('Ron', 35);
>     INSERT 1034609 1
>     demo=# select * from "user" order by age;
>       name  | age
>     --------+-----
>      Ron    |  35
>      Russ   |  38
>      Randal |  39
>     (3 rows)
>
>     demo=#
>
> You can quote any reserved word to get any name you want.
> You just need to think of the table name of demo as
_ "demo" _.
>
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