richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am having instances of (substituting example names for schema and role): > grant create, usage on schema my_schema to bob; > returning the error message: > ERROR: syntax error at or near "bob" > but: > GRANT CREATE, USAGE ON SCHEMA my_schema TO bob; > succeeding. > I hope that's clearer. Well, it's clearer, but I don't believe it. What I think is far more likely an explanation is that you've got some weird non-ASCII whitespace in the first version of the command. Copying-and-pasting from your mail doesn't show anything strange though. regards, tom lane