I'd hazard that you need ' around Anemone as in 'Anemone'.
HTH.
John.
On Friday 09 January 2004 05:25, Lola Lee wrote:
> I'm having a really strange insert problem, which I cannot figure out.
>
> I have a table in my database, which I created using the following
> query (I'm using Postgresql 7.4, if this helps):
>
> CREATE TABLE yarncolor (
> yarn_color_id SERIAL,
> yarn_id int NULL,
> yarn_color_nm varchar(35) NULL,
> yarn_color_num varchar(10) NULL,
> yarn_color_desc varchar(50) NULL,
> discontinued_flg boolean NULL,
> yarn_color_lud timestamp NULL,
> PRIMARY KEY (yarn_color_id),
> FOREIGN KEY (yarn_id)
> REFERENCES yarn
> );
>
> Everytime I try to insert a record in this table via ColdFusion
> generated page, I get this error message (I also get this in
> phpPgMyAdmin):
>
> SQL error:
> ERROR: column "anemone" does not exist
>
>
> In statement:
> INSERT INTO YarnColortwo (yarn_id, yarn_color_nm, yarn_color_num,
> yarn_color_desc, yarn_color_lud) VALUES ( 15, Anemone, 616, whatever,
> now() )
>
> I'm at a loss as to why does Postgresql think there is a column named
> "anemone". Yes, I tried another string of character and get the same
> message. Anyone have an idea what may be going on?
