Re: Wired behaviour from SELECT

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On 2024-11-22 3:12 p.m., David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM Arbol One <arbolone@hotmail.ca> wrote:
>
>     The below sql statement produces the right output
>     SELECT nickname, password FROM password WHERE id='0938105618107N1';
>       nickname   | password
>     -------------+----------
>      Piccard@@21 |  Arbol
>     (1 row)
>     However, if this sql statement produces the wrong output
>     *SELECT nickname, password FROM password WHERE nickname='Arbol';
>      nickname | password
>     ----------+----------
>     (0 rows)*
>     What am I doing wrong?
>
> Naming a column in your table the same name as the table is 
> problematic generally.  As for the query, if they are both intended to 
> return the same row the value Arbol is in the password column, not the 
> nickname column.  You seem to have reversed the data for the two columns.
>
> David J.
>
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