Re: Inconsistent SQL errors

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

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