Re: suggestions for tracking down syntax errors?

> CREATE TABLE country (
>    country_id VARCHAR(3) PRIMARY KEY,
>
>    country VARCHAR(80),
> );

You have a trailing comma after VARCHAR(80) just before the closing
bracket.

As for suggestions, you could try to collapse your whole file into a
single line and check it out in a text editor by going to column number
91.

HTH

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Francois

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