Re: cannot remove column + no error msg

On Mon, December 11, 2006 10:11 am, Bram Kuijper said:

> Second question is related to that. If I type any bogus (e.g.
> "sflkjdslkfj") onto the psql commandline, PostgreSQL remains silent.
> This is nice in some cases, but is there a way to let it do some error
> checking on the bogus I type? I am not used to commandlines that just
> swallow text and don't warn for any errors, giving me the idea that the
> it is apparently correct. Anybody any idea to change some configuration
> parameters?

More related than you think, probably...

An SQL statement is terminated by a semicolon, and nothing else. Until
the statement is ended, there is no error. I bet if you type bogus
characters into psql and finish with a ; it will give you an error.

Daniel T. Staal

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