Yes the double quotes worked. I tried single quotes but since that didn't work I just assumed that double quotes would not work either.
Thanks all; Sherman On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > On 02/13/2018 12:38 PM, Sherman Willden wrote: > >> development platform: HP Compaq 6710b >> postgresql 9.6 >> Operating System: Ubuntu 17.10 >> >> It probably doesn't matter since there is nothing in the database. I >> don't remember how I created the database. It appears that postgresql does >> not like a dash in the database name. I have not tried to create a table >> under the database. When I try to drop the database I get the following.. >> >> date_time=# DROP DATABASE test-aria; >> ERROR: syntax error at or near "-" >> LINE 1: DROP DATABASE test-aria; >> > > DROP DATABASE "test-aria"; > > See below for more info: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-syntax-lexical > .html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS > > >> Thanks; >> >> Sherman >> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
