Question

Does anyone see why I’m getting this error on this simple command?

alter table geno.genotypes add column run_date TYPE DATE;

ERROR: syntax error at or near “DATE”
LINE 1: alter table geno.genotypes add column run_date TYPE DATE;
^
I mean, how can TYPE DATE be wrong?

TIA…

Answer 1

Given this documentation, I don’t believe you should be including the TYPE part; that’s only when you’re altering a column (to show that you’re altering its type). Try this:

alter table geno.genotypes add column run_date DATE;