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benisbestpokemongo
benisbestpokemongo

Reputation: 19

python sqlite creation of a table syntax error

I am working on creating a new table within my database. I have done this before when creating other tables but this time I am facing a syntax error. As far as i can see, the syntax is correct. So, I cannot figure it out.

Below, there is a code snippet of the statement that is throwing the error:

cursor.execute('''
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS order(
    orderID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    productname STRING,
    productprice FLOAT,
    productquanitity INTEGER,
    producttotal INTEGER;''')

This is the error:

Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python34\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1533, in __call__
    return self.func(*args)
  File "N:/NEW/cashregister.py", line 42, in okitem
    producttotal INTEGER;''')
sqlite3.OperationalError: near "order": syntax error

I would be grateful for some suggestions on why this has occurred.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 161

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121794

order is a reserved keyword in SQL; see the documentation for the full list of reserved keywords that SQLite uses.

Use "order" to make SQLite understand that it is to be interpreted as a table name. You also forgot a closing ):

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "order" (
    orderID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    productname STRING,
    productprice FLOAT,
    productquanitity INTEGER,
    producttotal INTEGER
)

Upvotes: 2

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