On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:50:15AM -0800, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-syntax-lexical.html > > "SQL identifiers and key words must begin with a letter (a-z, but also > letters with diacritical marks and non-Latin letters) or an underscore > (_). Subsequent characters in an identifier or key word can be letters, > underscores, digits (0-9), or dollar signs ($). Note that dollar signs > are not allowed in identifiers according to the letter of the SQL > standard, so their use might render applications less portable. ... " You'd want to put double quotes around the identifier. Try searching for "quoted identifier" in the above page. -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general