Re: (psql 9.4.5) ERROR: syntax error at or near "createuser"

On 11/30/2015 01:32 PM, 2athep+5ud7717ssvxx4(at)guerrillamail(dot)com wrote:
> Newly installed postgresql 9.4.5
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> Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Standard SP1, x64
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> Installed from postgresql-9.4.5-2-windows-x64.exe
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> from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#windows
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> File version of psql.exe is p.4.5.15322
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> I have disabled passwords in pg_hba.conf, because password
> is not working for my superuser--this is why I wish to
> create a new user--to see if passwords are broken in general,
> or only for that first account--so have local method
> set to "trust" to get in.
>
> Invoking psql thus:
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> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin>
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> psql -p 5432 -U postgres
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> Attempting to create a new user thus:
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> postgres=# createuser -P -s testuser ;
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> I get this error:
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> ERROR: syntax error at or near "createuser"
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> LINE 1: createuser -P -s testuser ;
> ^
> I do not understand why there is a syntax error at
> the keyword createuser.

Because you are using this:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/app-createuser.html

when you want to use:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/sql-createuser.html

To put it another way createuser is a stand alone command line program
to be run in a shell and CREATE USER is a SQL command.

>
> Can anyone give me any pointers?
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> - P
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