Matthew Terenzio <matt@jobsforge.com> writes:
> On Aug 16, 2005, at 9:37 PM, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
>
>> db=# ALTER TABLE ONLY table ADD CONSTRAINT "$1" FOREIGN KEY (user)
>> REFERENCES users(user_id);
>> ERROR: syntax error at or near "user" at character 56
>>
>> I'm either blind or something besides syntax can cause this error. no?
>>
>>
>
> changed the field name to userid and it;s fine. Can't user the word
> user for field that references?
USER is an SQL keyword; you have to put it in double quotes to use it
as an identifier.
-Doug