On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 14:48, Jonathan Villa wrote: > -Jonathan > >> > >> > > > > that's because you type a select without a semicolon then you write > > one with the semicolon so the parser think both are only one command > > but refused to execute that bad formed sentence and give you the > > error... then you put another sentence and, of cuorse it executed... > > > > you just show us 2 sentences one before the error and one after... > > > > am i right? > > > > -- > > Atentamente, > > Jaime Casanova > > (DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;) > > > > > > > > I feel about this small -> . > > Of course it's the semicolon... I guess I'm just used to MySQL where I would get this > > select user from table (hit enter) > -> No biggie. Postgresql is just a little more subtle: test=> select * from test test-> Notice the switch from => to -> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster