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* [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason
@ 2010-12-04 01:40 Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>
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From: Willy-Bas Loos @ 2010-12-04 01:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
Hi,
I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no clear
reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
I think that there must be some strange character code at the first
position, maybe it is because i share a ntfs partition with the windows
installation on my laptop and move files around.
I only editted this file with gedit, pgAdmin and vim on ubuntu lucid
desktop.
Here's the error:
postgres=# \i db02-vulling.sql
psql:db02-vulling.sql:1: ERROR: syntax error at or near "begin"
LINE 1: begin;
^
INSERT 0 10100
INSERT 0 101
INSERT 0 100
psql:db02-vulling.sql:12: WARNING: there is no transaction in progress
COMMIT
postgres=#
The file is in the attachment, both gzipped and as-is.
I hope someone can reproduce this.
(the code itself makes no sense but that's not relevant here)
WBL
--
"Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others
because you were born in it." -- George Bernard Shaw
Attachments:
db02-vulling.sql (text/x-sql, 262B) download
begin;
insert into a (val, description)
select generate_series(100,200), 'dit is nummer '||generate_series(1,100);
insert into c (val)
select generate_series(200,300);
insert into b (aid, cid)
select generate_series(1,100), generate_series(1,100);
commit;
* Re: [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason
@ 2010-12-04 01:45 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
parent: Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2010-12-04 01:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no clear
> reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
> I think that there must be some strange character code at the first
> position, maybe it is because i share a ntfs partition with the windows
> installation on my laptop and move files around.
Yeah, this is caused by pgadmin adding a unicode marker at the first
position of the file. If you uncheck "Read and Write Unicode UTF-8
Files" in the preferences, this issue should go away.
--
-- Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://www.pgexperts.com
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* Re: [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason
@ 2010-12-04 12:46 Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
parent: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Guillaume Lelarge @ 2010-12-04 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>; +Cc: Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>; pgsql-admin; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
Le 04/12/2010 02:45, Josh Berkus a écrit :
>
>> I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no clear
>> reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
>> I think that there must be some strange character code at the first
>> position, maybe it is because i share a ntfs partition with the windows
>> installation on my laptop and move files around.
>
> Yeah, this is caused by pgadmin adding a unicode marker at the first
> position of the file. If you uncheck "Read and Write Unicode UTF-8
> Files" in the preferences, this issue should go away.
>
It goes away because the file is no longer in UTF-8, and that may not be
what the OP wants.
I have a patch ready to be commited that will handle this. But you will
need next pgAdmin's release.
--
Guillaume
http://www.postgresql.fr
http://dalibo.com
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* Re: [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason
@ 2010-12-04 15:01 Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
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From: Kevin Grittner @ 2010-12-04 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: willybas@gmail.com; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org; pgsql-admin
Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no
> clear reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
> The file is in the attachment
hexdump says the first three bytes of that file are:
ef bb bf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark
-Kevin
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