How do I fix this error?

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CREATE TABLE Employee (
	employee_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
    contractor_id INTEGER,
    first_name VARCHAR(25),
    last_name VARCHAR(25),
    email VARCHAR(30),
    SSN VARCHAR(11),
    street_address VARCHAR(255),
    city VARCHAR(50),
    state VARCHAR(50),
    zip INTEGER(5),
    department_id INTEGER,
    building_assigned INTEGER
	);

Can someone explain to me why I keep getting this error -

Msg 2716, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Column, parameter, or variable #10: Cannot specify a column width on data type int.

What I have tried:

I don't know where to even begin, because this is for my intro class and I'm very lost.

Posted 31-Oct-22 21:46pm

Jared Valencia

Updated 31-Oct-22 22:07pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-31T22:07:00

Read the error message:

Cannot specify a column width on data type int.

Then look at your code, and find all the INT datatype columns:

SQL

CREATE TABLE Employee (
	employee_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
    contractor_id INTEGER,
...
    zip INTEGER(5),
    department_id INTEGER,
    building_assigned INTEGER
	);

One of these is not like the others:

SQL

zip INTEGER(5),

As the error message says, you can't specify a width for integer values: they all take the same amount of space: 4 bytes.
Remove the (5) bit.

You should expect to get syntax errors every day, probably many times a day while you are coding - we all do regardless of how much experience we have! Sometimes, we misspell a variable, or a keyword; sometimes we forget to close a string or a code block. Sometimes the cat walks over your keyboard and types something really weird. Sometimes we just forget how many parameters a method call needs.

We all make mistakes.

And because we all do it, we all have to fix syntax errors - and it's a lot quicker to learn how and fix them yourself than to wait for someone else to fix them for you! So invest a little time in learning how to read error messages, and how to interpret your code as written in the light of what the compiler is telling you is wrong - it really is trying to be helpful!

So read this: How to Write Code to Solve a Problem, A Beginner's Guide Part 2: Syntax Errors[^] - it should help you next time you get a compilation error!