Re: [SQL] Problems with create table continued... - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Ross J. Reedstrom
Subject Re: [SQL] Problems with create table continued...
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Msg-id 20000227223625.A5664@rice.edu
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In response to Problems with create table continued...  ("Seth Banks" <seth@subimage.com>)
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 07:35:13PM -0800, Seth Banks wrote:
> Anyone see a problem with this code?!

Yep - declaring a constaint of "NULL" is not standards compliant SQL: allowing
a column to be null _is_ the default in the standard. Just delete the NULL
from url, priority and content, and you should be fine.

Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu> 
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St.,  Houston, TX 77005

> 
> CREATE TABLE content (
>   content_id  serial,
>   parent_id   int4 NOT NULL,
>   parent_type int4 NOT NULL,
>   author_id   int4 NOT NULL,
>   title       text NOT NULL,
>   url         text NULL,
>   start_date  date NOT NULL,
>   end_date    date NOT NULL,
>   priority    int4 NULL,
>   content     text NULL,
>   source      text NOT NULL
> );
> ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "null"
> 
> ************
> 


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