Re: [INTERFACES] Bug in psql?

<tt>The error is about name lenght. Max. 31 char.</tt><br /><tt>SERIAL types automatically creates an index name
like:</tt><br/><tt>       globalafvigelse_globalafviggelse_key</tt><br /><tt>which is longer than 31 char.</tt><br
/><tt>Youhave to cut the table/key name to fit into 26 char (the sum of both).</tt><br /><tt>take a look:</tt><br
/><tt></tt> <tt></tt><p><tt>$psql prova < 1</tt><br /><tt> create table globalafvigelse</tt><br /><tt>   (</tt><br
/><tt>    globalafvigelse serial ,</tt><br /><tt>     startdato date,</tt><br /><tt>     slutdato date,</tt><br
/><tt>    dagskema varchar(50),</tt><br /><tt>     primary key (globalafvigelse)</tt><br /><tt>   );</tt><br
/><tt>ERROR: CREATE TABLE/SERIAL implicit sequence name must be less than 32 characte</tt><br /><tt>rs</tt><br
/><tt>       Sum of lengths of 'globalafvigelse' and 'globalafvigelse' must be less t</tt><br /><tt>han
27</tt><tt></tt><p><tt>createtable globalafvigelse</tt><br /><tt>   (</tt><br /><tt>     globalafvig serial ,</tt><br
/><tt>    startdato date,</tt><br /><tt>     slutdato date,</tt><br /><tt>     dagskema varchar(50),</tt><br /><tt>    
primarykey (globalafvig)</tt><br /><tt>   );</tt><br /><tt>NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence
globalafvigelse_globalafvig_</tt><br/><tt>seq for SERIAL column globalafvigelse.globalafvig</tt><br /><tt>NOTICE: 
CREATETABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index globalafvigelse_globalaf</tt><br /><tt>vig_key for table
globalafvigelse</tt><br/><tt>NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index globalafvigelse_pke</tt><br
/><tt>yfor table globalafvigelse</tt><br /><tt>CREATE</tt><br /><tt>EOF</tt><tt></tt><p><tt>$ psql -c '\d
globalafvigelse'</tt><br/><tt>Table    = globalafvigelse</tt><br
/><tt>+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+</tt><br/><tt>|             
Field              |              Type                | Length|</tt><br
/><tt>+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+</tt><br/><tt>|
globalafvig                     | int4 not null default nextval('g |     4 |</tt><br /><tt>|
startdato                       | date                             |     4 |</tt><br /><tt>|
slutdato                        | date                             |     4 |</tt><br /><tt>|
dagskema                        | varchar()                        |    50 |</tt><br
/><tt>+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+</tt><br/><tt>Indices: 
globalafvigelse_globalafvig_key</tt><br/><tt>          globalafvigelse_pkey</tt><br /><tt></tt>  <p>Jose' <br /> 
<p>BruceTong ha scritto: <blockquote type="CITE">>  I tried to create the table below using psql, but it bombed out
<br/>> with a message about loosing the backend, though the backend was <br />> still running nicely. It seems to
bea problem with the long <br />> field name of the serial (and primary key) column. <p>Have you tried putting the
followinginto a file and using... <p># psql -f foo.sql <p>... to run it? I _think_ this sometimes gives different
messagesthan <br />entering it directly on the psql command line, although I'm not sure why. <br />I could be way off
here,but its worth a try. <p>> create table globalafvigelse <br />>   ( <br />>     globalafvigelse serial ,
<br/>>     startdato date, <br />>     slutdato date, <br />>     dagskema varchar(50), <br />>     primary
key(globalafvigelse) <br />>   ); <p>What is type "serial"? It probably not incorrect, but I've not heard of it <br
/>before.<p>Bruce Tong                 |  Got me an office; I'm there late at night. <br />Systems Programmer        
| Just send me e-mail, maybe I'll write. <br />Electronic Vision / FITNE  | <br />zztong@laxmi.ev.net        |  -- Joe
Walshfor the 21st Century</blockquote><p>-- <br />______________________________________________________________ <br
/>PostgreSQL6.5.0 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.3 <br
/>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br />Jose' <br />