Re: does table names have a format and size

> > 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));
> 
> I believe the hyphen "-" character is not allowed in a table name.
> Only letters, numbers, underscore "_".

I think you can probably quote the name to have it work:

create table "IL18R---_PGA_SNPs666" (contig cha...

Chris