I'm running: ON_ERROR_STOP="on" PGPASSFILE="/somewhere" psql dbname username -f script.sql (or alternatively <script.sql) echo $? always returns 0 even when sql is clearly wrong. If I do: ON_ERROR_STOP="on" PGPASSFILE="/somewhere" psql dbname username -c "selectz 1 from pippo;" echo $? returns 1 psql (PostgreSQL) 8.3.4 How can I know if something went wrong other than parsing the output? Thanks -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general