Re: Problem with tables and columns names - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Andreas Kretschmer
Subject Re: Problem with tables and columns names
Date
Msg-id 20111219082635.GA24771@tux
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In response to Problem with tables and columns names  (Gabriel Filipiak <gabriel.filipiak@gmail.com>)
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Gabriel Filipiak <gabriel.filipiak@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> so I am working on PostgreSQL 9.1.2 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by
> gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2, 64-bit.
> 
> It seems that i can't give a table name for example testTable it has to be
> test_table, because I can't access it via psql is that right or am I doing
> something wrong? The same thing for columns. Can anyone give me a hint about
> that?

Please consider that "testTable" isn't the same as "testtable" or
"TestTable". If you create a table called "testTable" you have to use
this name everytime. Within psql you have to quote, for instance select
* from "testTable" will work, select from testTable doesn't.


Andreas
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