<ul>
<li>outline</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>Error occurs when creating table for Athena.</p>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>error message</li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">line 1:8: mismatched input 'EXTERNAL'. Expecting: 'MATERIALIZED', 'OR', 'ROLE', 'SCHEMA', 'TABLE', 'VIEW'
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>resolution</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>You can use NOT "-" as part of table name. After change "-" to "_" and create again.</p>
</blockquote>


* outline
    

> Error occurs when creating table for Athena.

* error message
    

```plaintext
line 1:8: mismatched input 'EXTERNAL'. Expecting: 'MATERIALIZED', 'OR', 'ROLE', 'SCHEMA', 'TABLE', 'VIEW'
```

* resolution
    

> You can use NOT "-" as part of table name. After change "-" to "\_" and create again.

creating Athena table error

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