Hi Ran into the following statement CREATE TABLE test( Date$ date, Month_Number$ int, Month$ varchar(10), Year$ int ); While it does execute, I wonder if the $ has any special meaning ? Can anyone shed some light please ? Thanks Armand -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general