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Mysql Syntax error on creating table

I have a MySQL database inside a docker container. The entrypoint executes a script creating the database and a script creating tables.

Everything works fine except for one table. 

use db;

... creating other tables

CREATE TABLE mediametadata
(
id bigint not null  primary key,
title VARCHAR not NULL,
artist VARCHAR not NULL,
album VARCHAR,
releaseYear bigint,
mediaId bigint NOT NULL,
constraint fk__pk_metadata_objectid
        foreign key (id) references objectid (id),

constraint fk__metadata_media_id
        foreign key (mediaId) references media (id)
)
;

The error logged to console is 

mysql_1  | ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 150: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'not NULL,
mysql_1  | artist VARCHAR not NULL,
mysql_1  | album VARCHAR,
mysql_1  | releaseYear bigint,
mysql_1  | mediaId bi' at line 4

line 150 is the open bracket after CREATE TABLE mediametadata

  • MySQL version: 8.0.3-rc-log
  • Host OS: Debian jessie

I came to think year and metadata might be reserved keywords so I renamed the table and the year column but the error persists.

Solution

  • answered by @Bill Karwin in first comment Varchar needs length [Varchar(number)]