I am recreating a test database with data provided for a series of future
exercises. Presently I am trying to understand why a simple insert statement
is not working. The user invoking this insert is 'postgres' and has superuser
privileges.
The error is this:
postgres : STATEMENT: INSERT INTO public.stock(
stock_num, manu_code, description, unit_price, unit, unit_descr)
VALUES (3, "SHM", "aluminum Bat", 180.00, "case", "12/case");
postgres : ERROR: 42703: column "SHM" does not exist at character 105
postgres : LOCATION: errorMissingColumn, parse_relation.c:3194
postgres : STATEMENT: INSERT INTO public.stock(
stock_num, manu_code, description, unit_price, unit, unit_descr)
VALUES (3, "SHM", "aluminum bat", 180.00, "case", "12/case");
The create script for this table is this:
-- Table: public.stock
-- DROP TABLE public.stock;
CREATE TABLE public.stock
(
stock_num smallint NOT NULL,
manu_code character(3) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
description character(20) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
unit_price money,
unit character(4) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
unit_descr character(15) COLLATE pg_catalog."default"
)
WITH (
OIDS = FALSE
)
TABLESPACE pg_default;
ALTER TABLE public.stock
OWNER to hll_4gl_testing;
COMMENT ON TABLE public.stock
IS 'The stock table is a catalog of the items sold by the distributor.';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.stock_num
IS 'Stock number that identifies type of item';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.manu_code
IS 'Manufacturer code (foreign key to manufact table)';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.description
IS 'Description of item';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.unit_price
IS 'Price per item';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.unit
IS 'Unit by which item is ordered:
Each
Pair
Case
Box';
COMMENT ON COLUMN public.stock.unit_descr
IS 'Description of unit';
-- Index: stock_manu_code_idx
-- DROP INDEX public.stock_manu_code_idx;
CREATE INDEX stock_manu_code_idx
ON public.stock USING btree
(manu_code COLLATE pg_catalog."default" ASC NULLS LAST)
TABLESPACE pg_default;
-- Index: stock_stock_num_idx
-- DROP INDEX public.stock_stock_num_idx;
CREATE INDEX stock_stock_num_idx
ON public.stock USING btree
(stock_num ASC NULLS LAST)
TABLESPACE pg_default;
COMMENT ON INDEX public.stock_stock_num_idx
IS 'Index for stock numbers. Numbers may be duplicated by different
manufacturers.';
-- Index: stock_stock_num_manu_code_idx
-- DROP INDEX public.stock_stock_num_manu_code_idx;
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX stock_stock_num_manu_code_idx
ON public.stock USING btree
(stock_num ASC NULLS
There will be a foreign key constraint on manu_code to manufact.manu_code but
that is not yet implemented.
The reference to column "SHM" not existing has me confused. I am probably
missing something obvious but I cannot see what the problem is. Any help would
be most welcome.
Thanks,
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