Ray, The Primary Key clause should be within the parentheses of the Create Table, separated by a comma. I modified the statement below. CREATE TABLE customer (customer_number int not null, customer_name varchar(25) not null, customer_address varchar(25) not null, customer_city varchar(20) not null, customer_state char(2) not null, customer_zip varchar(10) not Null, PRIMARY KEY (customer_number)); -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Campbell Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:23 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SPAM] - Need Help with Create Table in SQL Server - Found word(s) list error in the Text body Hello All: I'm running into a problem creating a table in SQL server, ans ad far as I can tell from what I've read I'm doing everything correctly. My command is: CREATE TABLE customer (customer_number int not null, customer_name varchar(25) not null, customer_address varchar(25) not null, customer_city varchar(20) not null, customer_state char(2) not null, customer_zip varchar(10) not null) PRIMARY KEY (customer_number); When I run this in the Query Analyzer of SQL Server 2000 on an existing database, I get a syntax error and the table doesn't get created. I've looked at various SQL references on google and this seems to be the correct syntax. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help. Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician Adaptive Technology Center Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM Screen Name: tclhelp __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind