In message <200006252355.e5PNtKe18458@linda.lfix.co.uk>, "Oliver Elphick" write
s:
>John Gotts wrote:
> >We're experiencing a problem with the parser with both 6.5.3 and 7.0.2.
> >ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "position"
> >fmfts=# insert into contact_people (user_id,name,"position",email_address)
>v
> >alues ('jgotts','hello',null,null);
> >INSERT 20402 1
> >
> >The problem also appears with libpq.
> >
> >Any idea why this would occur?
>POSITION is a SQL reserved word.
>e.g.:
>SELECT POSITION ('bc' IN 'abcd');
> strpos
>--------
> 2
>(1 row)
Shouldn't the parser then also reject "position"?
John
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