The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 13832
Logged by: Tim
Email address: tdhutt(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.5
Operating system: Linux
Description:
When you have a syntax error in PostgreSQL (or MySQL for that matter) you
get a message like this:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "FROM"
> Position: 8
This is not very user-friendly to put it mildly! Compare this with Clang's
error messages (http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html) which give you the
exact location of the error, and also what was expected, and even
suggestions to fix it!