Re: weird SQL statement question - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Mischa Sandberg
Subject Re: weird SQL statement question
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Msg-id 1114300625.426ae0d1956fc@webmail.telus.net
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In response to Re: weird SQL statement question  (Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>)
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Quoting Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>: 
> At 01:55 PM 4/23/05, Tadej Kanizar wrote: 
>  
> >Ok, so I installed the latest version of Postresql (8.02) on a 
WinXP 
> SP2  
> >machine.. 
> > 
> >My question is why won't the statement SELECT * FROM table work, 
> whereas  
> >the statement SELECT * FROM �table� works! 
> If you create a table using quotes and mixed-case, you will need 
> quotes  
> every time you reference the table.  Don't use quotes when you 
create 
> the  
> table and you won't need them when you acces the table with other 
> commands. 
I don't suppose that the original poster actually named the table 
"table"? In which case, being a keyword, it will ALWAYS need quotes. 
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