Looks like it could be a knocked BOM. Can you open the file in a bed editor and check the first couple of bytes?
/Magnus
> ------- Original Message -------
> From: Kev <kevinjamesfield@gmail.com>
> To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Sent: 08-04-07, 22:34:42
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] win32 psql syntax error running any .sql created by the query editor
>
> Hi,
>
> This is reproducible every time on my Windows 2003 Server box running
> pgAdmin3 1.8.2 and pgsql 8.3.
>
> 1. Open the query editor.
> 2. Type any valid query.
> 3. Save.
> 4. In a DOS box, run psql -f on the file you just saved.
>
> I get the following error:
>
> psql:path/to/test.sql:71: ERROR: syntax error at or near "п»ї"
> LINE 1: п»їselect * from cust
>
> If I open the file in TextPad, it says it's of UNIX type. If I then
> save it again using TextPad and run it, it runs fine without errors.
>
> This also happens even if I go Edit->Line Ends-> and choose either DOS
> or UNIX in the query editor and then save again.
>
> I could be wrong, but this sounds like a bug. Thoughts or
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Kev
>
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