On 17 August 2011 16:49, Rich Shepard
<rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
For several INSERT INTO rows I get a syntax error when the quant column is
NULL for one specific parameter. I don't see my error. Here is an example
row:
psql:insert.sql:8: ERROR: syntax error at or near ","
LINE 1: ...ALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','Arsenic',,'mg/L');
^
The source line is:
INSERT INTO chemistry (lab_nbr, loc_name, sample_date, param, quant,
units)VALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','Arsenic',,'mg/L');
and the quant column is defined as type real. There are numerous other rows
where quant IS NULL.
What have I missed?
The error message points to the problem. No value, not even NULL, has been specified for 5th column. Either put DEFAULT or NULL in there. You can't put nothing.
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