Re: [pgadmin-support] syntax error for no apparent reason

> I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no clear
> reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
> I think that there must be some strange character code at the first
> position, maybe it is because i share a ntfs partition with the windows
> installation on my laptop and move files around.

Yeah, this is caused by pgadmin adding a unicode marker at the first
position of the file.  If you uncheck "Read and Write Unicode UTF-8
Files" in the preferences, this issue should go away.


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