On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Vincent De Groote <vdg.encelade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello > > I have the following code: > > create schema test; > > create type test.my_type as enum ( 'a', 'b' ); > > create table test.my_table_1 ( > id bigserial not null, > type test.my_type not null, > length bigint, > primary key ( id ) > ); > > > create sequence test.my_sequence_id; > > > create table test.my_table_2 ( > id bigint not null default public.nextval ( test.my_sequence_id ), > type test.my_type not null, > length bigint, > primary key ( id ) > ); > > This last create operation fails with the message > > ERROR: missing FROM-clause entry for table "test" > > Could someone explain me that error ? What are the difference between the > table my_table_1 and the table my_table_2 ? > The documentation show that the table creation must be followed by a > statement like > ALTER SEQUENCE tablename_colname_seq OWNED BY tablename.colname; > but the table creation has been rejected. Quick guess: Put single quotes around the name of the sequence create table test.my_table_2 ( id bigint not null default public.nextval ('test.my_sequence_id'), type test.my_type not null, length bigint, primary key ( id ) ); Otherwise it tries to evaluate "test.my_sequence_id" as if it were a scalar subquery, which does not have a FROM clause, so fails. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general