Thread: BUG #1817: column not exist

BUG #1817: column not exist

From
"nguyen"
Date:
The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1817
Logged by:          nguyen
Email address:      ngthanhthuat@yahoo.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
Operating system:   windown2000 server
Description:        column not exist
Details:

when i excecuted sql command "select * from employee" then result were ok,
but if sql command were "select employeeID from employee" then have error
return : column employeeID does not exist

Re: BUG #1817: column not exist

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
nguyen wrote:
>
> when i excecuted sql command "select * from employee" then result were ok,
> but if sql command were "select employeeID from employee" then have error
> return : column employeeID does not exist

This error is usually produced because a column of that name does not exist.

Since you are using a mixed-case column-name, I'm guessing that's the
cause of the problem. If you create a column mixed-case by quoting it:

CREATE TABLE employee (
   "employeeID" int4
   ...
)

Then you need to quote it when you use it:

SELECT "employeeID" FROM employee;

If you don't quote when you create, then the column is case-insensitive.

See the mailing-list archives for plenty of details.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd