On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:50:42 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have PostgreSQL v7.02 in RedHat 6.2;
> 
> I have problem with is Query:
> select name, 'user' as class from smuser union select name, 'group' as class from 
>smgroup order by class;
> 
> sentence problem is:{ order by class} !!!! 
> 
> thank you, 
> Christian Gonzalez

Hi. This is because ``class'' is one of the reserved keywords of
PostgreSQL.  You can avoid this problem by using quoted identifiers
like

   select name, 'user' as "class" from smuser ...,

or simply rename the attribute.

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