BUG #13832: Syntax errors are extremely unfriendly - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      13832
Logged by:          Tim
Email address:      tdhutt@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.5
Operating system:   Linux
Description:

When you have a syntax error in PostgreSQL (or MySQL for that matter) you
get a message like this:

> ERROR: syntax error at or near "FROM"
>   Position: 8

This is not very user-friendly to put it mildly! Compare this with Clang's
error messages (http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html) which give you the
exact location of the error, and also what was expected, and even
suggestions to fix it!