Re: sequence... my nightmare :-( - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martin Gainty
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In response to Re: sequence... my nightmare :-(  ("Alain Roger" <raf.news@gmail.com>)
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you'll need to reference the column with the correct camel_case as
accounts_ID_seq != accounts_id_seq

hint: next time you create a table keep the table and column names lowercase
Martin
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:21:26 +0200
From: raf.news@gmail.com
To: glynastill@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(
CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org

if i double-quote it, postgre tells me that the column accounts_id_seq does not exist.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Glyn Astill <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> when i write the following query i get the error :ERROR:
> relation
> "accounts_id_seq" does not exist
> SET search_path = test_survey;
> insert into accounts values
> (nextval('accounts_ID_seq'),'test@test.com','ab4ef51934f2d3f02f1a','11/19/2007
> 15:46:09');
>
> why ?
>

It's lowercasing the relation name, note "accounts_id_seq" not "accounts_ID_seq". Try double quoting it.






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