Graham -- >________________________________ > From: Graham Leggett <minfrin@xxxxxxxx> >To: "pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:41 PM >Subject: ERROR: syntax error at or near ":" > >Hi all, > >I have a text file, and I need to update the value of an element in a table with the contents of this text file. Following the instructions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10968039/postgresql-inserting-value-of-a-column-from-a-file I tried this, but get the error below, which I do not understand. > >Can anyone explain what might be going wrong, and what I should do instead? > >patricia=# \set content `cat /tmp/certificates.txt` >patricia=# update property set value = :'content' where key = 'patricia.home.security.cacerts'; >ERROR: syntax error at or near ":" >LINE 1: update property set value = :'content' where key = 'patricia... > ^ > The colon (":") is not needed, just remove it. A pair of colons is used to indicate a cast of a value; off hand I am not coming up with any use of a colon in basic SQL. Greg W. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
