X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4280D3A6811 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:18:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21447-03 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:18:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B8A23A6801 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:18:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBD2I0dY007738 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:18:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBD2I0iA067767; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:18:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBD2I0Xf067766; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:18:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:18:00 -0700 From: Michael Fuhr To: Alex Beamish Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: parse error at or near "(" -- Huh??? Message-ID: <20041213021800.GB67661@winnie.fuhr.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.003 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200412/72 X-Sequence-Number: 19692 On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:19:56PM -0500, Alex Beamish wrote: > I'm getting a frustrating error > > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "(" at character 201 > > in a CREATE TABLE statement from an SQL script that I'm running from > within a Perl script. When I run the same script from the command > line, either as a regular user or as root, it works fine. Your SQL statements ran fine for me, so please show us a small but complete Perl script that duplicates the problem. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/