Since your column name has an Upper case character, you will have to use double quotes to drop it. Try alter table statustypes drop column "Suspect";
Thanks,
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not seeing why postgres won't drop a table's column:
bustrac=# select * from statustypes order by stat_name;
stat_name
--------------------
Client
Lead
No further contact
Opportunity
Proposal submitted
Prospect
Qualified
Referral
Suspect
(9 rows)
bustrac=# alter table statustypes drop column Suspect;
ERROR: column "suspect" of relation "statustypes" does not exist
bustrac=#
What have I done incorrectly?
TIA,
Rich
