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To: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Syntax error needs explanation
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:36:19 -0700
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On 7/14/25 12:12, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I have the following script:
>
> select c.company_nbr, c.company_name, i.industry, from companies as c,
> industry as i, enforcement as e
> where exists (
> select c.company_nbr, count(e.action_date), sum(e.penalty_amt)
> from e.enforcement
> where c.company_nbr = e.company_nbr
> )
> group by industry
> order by industry;
>
> When I run it psql reports an error:
> psql:companies-with-enforcement-actions.txt:127: ERROR: syntax error at
> or near "company_nbr"
> LINE 1: company_nbr | company_name
The above looks like the format 'aligned' output from a query.
When you did \0 you captured that.
As example:
production=# \o test.sql
production=# select * from cell_per;
production=# \e test.sql
line_id | category | cell_per | ts_insert | ts_update
| user_insert | user_update | plant_type | season | short_category
[...]
> ^
> and I'm not seeing the error. What am I missing?
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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