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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Multiple tables row insertions from single psql input file
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:00:55 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwZGsnB680tLxDyrkDoz-BNesF=s1xL1CCGsieLK=5P1Vg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 2:58 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> INSERT into companies (company_nbr,company_name,industry,status) VALUES
> nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Acme','Manufacturing','Opportunity'),
> nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Baker','Livestock','Opportunity');
>
> Running:
> $ psql -U rshepard -d bustrac -f test-script.sql
> psql:test-script.sql:3: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "nextval"
> LINE 2: nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Acme','Manufacturing','Opp...
>          ^
> What have I missed?
>
>
Values introduces literal records/rows.  Rows are written within
parentheses.
Values (..., ...), (..., ...)

You seem to have the closing parenthesis but not the opening one.

David J.

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