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 1EA3B3A500B for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:21:29 +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 12842-09 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:21:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101BE3A5005 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:21:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0MMLPbQ026049; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:21:25 -0500 (EST) To: "Joel Fradkin" Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: editors with colum positioning for debugging? In-reply-to: <000201c500cf$8504c600$797ba8c0@jfradkin> References: <000201c500cf$8504c600$797ba8c0@jfradkin> Comments: In-reply-to "Joel Fradkin" message dated "Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:12:52 -0500" Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:21:24 -0500 Message-ID: <26048.1106432484@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.005 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/197 X-Sequence-Number: 19985 "Joel Fradkin" writes: > My question is I don’t see an easy way to find an error. > Typical error text is syntax error at or near "trans" at character 825 > But determining character 825 is a little slow by hand. PG 8.0 produces more useful output. A trivial example: regression=# select regression-# 1/0 as a, regression-# 1/ as b, regression-# 1/2 as c; ERROR: syntax error at or near "as" at character 27 LINE 3: 1/ as b, ^ regression=# regards, tom lane