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Hi,
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Jerome Lyles wrote:
> I'm trying to create and populate some study tables using a couple of scripts
> that came with my 'SQL in 10 minutes' book. This is how I tried to run the
> script to create and populate tables in a database named test:
>
> test-# \i create.txt
> psql:create.txt:1: ERROR: syntax error at or near "" at character 1
>
> Here is the top of the script:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> - - S a m s T e a c h Y o u r s e l f S Q L i n 1 0 M i n u t e
> s
The single dash must be --. PostgreSQL treats -- as the comment lines.
i.e.:
- --------------
- -- Sams Teach ...
- --
Anyway, IMHO you should directly begin with the following line:
> CREATE TABLE customers
...
The lines above this one are useless comments.
Regards,
- --
Devrim GUNDUZ
devrim~gunduz.org devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr
http://www.tdmsoft.com
http://www.gunduz.org
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