Thread: Re: win32 psql syntax error running any .sql crea ted by the query editor

Re: win32 psql syntax error running any .sql crea ted by the query editor

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
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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Re: win32 psql syntax error running any .sql crea ted by the query editor

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
Gah, that's what I get for not doublechekcing what that darn word
completion on my phone did with what I wrote :-)

That looks like it could be a *unicode* BOM. Can you open the file in a
*hex* editor and check the first couple of bytes..

//Magnus

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 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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