Hyphens aren't allowed. See section 1.1.1 "Identifiers and Key Words" in
the PostgreSQL Documentation. Here's a link to the 7.3 version:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-syntax.html
Stu
"jaya prakash" <prakashrj@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ee5d9.0209131502.3dd55549@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> Is the name of the table important in psql... because the following
> create table command doesn't create any table in the database but the
> next sql command with a different table name creates the table.
>
> Is there any table name convention in postgres.
>
> create table IL18R---_PGA_SNPs666 (contig char(10),contig_pos
> char(10),read_pos char(10),chromat char(30),sample char(30),allele1
> char(20),allele2 char(20),ref_pos char(10),ref_sample char(10),tag
> char(100),source char(10));
>
> following command works well...
>
> create table MD1_PGA_SNPs666 (contig char(10),contig_pos
> char(10),read_pos char(10),chromat char(30),sample char(30),allele1
> char(20),allele2 char(20),re
> f_pos char(10),ref_sample char(10),tag char(100),source char(10));
>
> thanks
> Prakash.
