>Hello all
>
>ok, it's been a while since I had to deal with straight T-SQL and I'm trying to create a table
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>Create table CATMaster (CATID int identity(1,1), Category varchar(2), diff varchar(1), ALC varchar(5), Keyword varchar(25),
> Keyword2 Varchar(25), keyopt varchar(1), script varchar(500), stem varchar(500), respa varchar(115),
> respb varchar(115),respc varchar(115), respd varchar(115), scripttime varchar(2), testtype varchar(1),
> EntBy VarChar(3), EntDate date, RevBy Varchar(3), RevDate date, Completed varchar(1)
>
>It keeps telling me "The specified data type is not valid. [ Data type (if known) = varchar ]"
>
>Ok, I'm confused. What am I not seeing?
>
>Thanks

You're missing last ). Also, there is no point of creating varchar(1) fields. CHAR(1) are better for this case (I actually start creating varchar from 5 and up). So, I would write the above as

Create table CATMaster (CATID int identity(1,1), Category char(2), [diff] char(1), ALC varchar(5), Keyword varchar(25),
  Keyword2 Varchar(25), keyopt char(1), script varchar(500), stem varchar(500), respa varchar(115),
  respb varchar(115),respc varchar(115), respd varchar(115), scripttime char(2), testtype char(1), 
  EntBy Char(3), EntDate date, RevBy char(3), RevDate date, Completed char(1))

Also, are you using SQL 2008?