Re: BUG #1099: bad syntax error localisation - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:
> CREATE FUNCTION test1 (int) RETURNS int LANGUAGE sql
>     AS 'not even SQL';
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "not" at character 1
>
> You may notice that word "not" is not at character 1,
> where there is "CREATE".

The error message refers to the function body, which is parsed
separately and therefore starts the count at 1.