Re: failure and silence of SQL commands

"John Payne" <drjohnpayne(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm running psql version 8.1.11 on a Linux server from the command line. It
> gives me absolutely no feedback from SQL commands and all SQL commands fail,
> but the internal psql commands such as /d or /echo all work. I am not
> running it in silent mode; the command I use to start it is just the
> standard "psql -d database -U user". It tells me that I'm connected, I can
> examine the tables, but it won't execute SQL.

It would be easier to tell what was going on if you showed us a concrete
example (ie cut and paste from your terminal window) ... but I'm going
to take a stab in the dark and guess that maybe you're forgetting to
terminate your SQL commands with semicolons?

regards, tom lane