If you count over 39 characters, you will see the parser is barking at
this:
"user_ID" SERIAL(12)
^
See:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datatype.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL
to find out why your definition is confusing Mr. SQL-parser.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:06 PM
> To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GENERAL] What's wrong with this SQL?
>
> I'm trying to create a table and I'm getting this error:
>
> SQL error:
>
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" at character 39
> In statement:
> CREATE TABLE "users" ("user_ID" SERIAL(12), "first_name"
character
> varying(40) NOT NULL, "last_name" character varying(40) NOT NULL,
> "password"
> character varying(16) NOT NULL, "email" character varying(100) NOT
NULL,
> "privilege" integer(2) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY ("user_ID"))
>
>
>
> What's wrong with this SQL?
>
>
>
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