Hi I am trying to insert into a table tester3 it fails when i use the syntax
insert into tester3 (UN0, UN1) values ( 1, 'jishnu1');
but
insert into tester3 values ( 1, 'jishnu1');
is working fine.
mydb=# CREATE TABLE tester3
mydb-# (
mydb(# "UN0" integer,
mydb(# "UN1" VARCHAR(40)
mydb(# );
CREATE TABLE
mydb=# insert into tester3 (UN0, UN1) values ( 1, 'jishnu1');
ERROR: column "un0" of relation "tester3" does not exist
mydb=# \d tester3
Table "public.tester3"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------+-----------------------+-----------
UN0 | integer |
UN1 | character varying(40) |
I think i am missing something very trivial, I tried someother column names some of them works fine and some are not working. I am confused. Does PostgreSQL have restriction in column names for which works the 1st syntax of insert query works?
Edit :
As suggested by Gordon Linoff using double quotes solved the problem.
insert into tester3 ("UN0", "UN1") values ( 1, 'jishnu1');
works fine
And as Frank Heikens pointed out the other column names which was working without quotes where lower case.
Lower case column is the standard within PostgreSQL and also works without quotes