On Tue, 26 Apr 2022, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> I'm guessing some sort of hidden character.
Adrian,
Oh, ... forgot to mention in my response that the MWE values were added to
the template in emacs while I get the same error using psql -d <database> -f
<filename> in a v.t. or entering 'insert into people values (...)' within
the psql shell.
All throw the same error.
What version of PostgreSQL?
Testing on HEAD (and by inspection) nothing you've shown us provokes a syntax error in PostgreSQL.
regression=> insert into people (person_nbr,lname,fname,job_title,company_nbr,loc_nbr,
regression(> loc_phone_ext,direct_phone,direct_fax,cell_phone,email,active,comment) values
regression-> (6000,'No','Name',null,404,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
ERROR: relation "people" does not exist
LINE 1: insert into people (person_nbr,lname,fname,job_title,company...
No syntax error, that it didn't find the table is expected.
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David J.