Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no> writes:
> In 8.2 this produces an error:
> SELECT headline('default', 'a b c', 'c'::tsquery,
> 'StartSel=<span class="style1">, StopSel=</span>');
> ERROR: syntax error
> DETAIL: Syntax error in position 15.
Sure you don't just need to quote the values?
regression=# SELECT ts_headline('english', 'a b c', 'c'::tsquery,
$$StartSel='<span class="style1">', StopSel='</span>'$$); ts_headline
-----------------------------------a b <span class="style1">c</span>
(1 row)
regards, tom lane