Re: Unable to add a new column to a table named "in" (look like a bug ...)

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>   It worked Thanks!! But there is definitly something wrong with the
> error
> message I got (right?):
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> reference=# alter table "IN" add column INDESCS VARCHAR[];
> ERROR:  column "indescs" of relation "IN" already exists
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I don't know, what do you see when you \d "IN" ?

When you use double-quotes, capitalization is significant,
So "in" and "IN" and "In" are all different tables.  This error
message means you already have an upper-case "IN" table and it
already has a column INDESCS.