Weird, but apparently not a bug. From https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS > Two string constants that are only separated by whitespace with at > least one newline are concatenated and effectively treated as if the > string had been written as one constant. For example: > > SELECT 'foo' > 'bar'; > > is equivalent to: > > SELECT 'foobar'; > > but: > > SELECT 'foo' 'bar'; > > is not valid syntax. (This slightly bizarre behavior is specified by > SQL; PostgreSQL is following the standard.) -- Dakkar - <Mobilis in mobile> GPG public key fingerprint = A071 E618 DD2C 5901 9574 6FE2 40EA 9883 7519 3F88 key id = 0x75193F88