Обсуждение: Inconsistent SQL errors
I'm running PostgreSQL 8.4.3 on OS X Snow Leopard via MacPorts and I'm getting strange inconsistent errors such as:
dbuser-# select * from log_form;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "select"
LINE 2: select * from log_form;
^
Then later the same query will run fine, as it should.
gvim
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:04 PM, gvim <gvimrc@googlemail.com> wrote:
I'm running PostgreSQL 8.4.3 on OS X Snow Leopard via MacPorts and I'm getting strange inconsistent errors such as:
dbuser-# select * from log_form;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "select"
LINE 2: select * from log_form;
^
Then later the same query will run fine, as it should.
Yup, it's because you previously entered something into psql without a ';'
Normally, the psql prompt shows:
dbuser=#
You are showing:
dbuser-#
(Notice the '-' instead of '=' )
This means that you entered a command and didn't put a semi-colon somewhere along the way. If you see that, just enter a semi-colon and you'll get back to a top-level (=#) prompt.
--Scott
gvim
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gvim írta: > I'm running PostgreSQL 8.4.3 on OS X Snow Leopard via MacPorts and I'm > getting strange inconsistent errors such as: > > dbuser-# select * from log_form; The error is here above. You had a "-#" prompt, saying that you already started another statement in a previous line but you haven't finished it with a ";" > ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" > LINE 2: select * from log_form; > ^ Also, the "LINE 2" message tells that you had something in the first line which was not shown by you. > > Then later the same query will run fine, as it should. I bet that you had a "=#" prompt when it ran fine, not "-#". Best regards, Zoltán Böszörményi -- Bible has answers for everything. Proof: "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matthew 5:37) - basics of digital technology. "May your kingdom come" - superficial description of plate tectonics ---------------------------------- Zoltán Böszörményi Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH http://www.postgresql.at/