Re: [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Willy-Bas Loos <willybas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] syntax error for no apparent reason
Date: 2010-12-04 01:45:36
Message-ID: 4CF99D40.90306@agliodbs.com
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> I've encountered this before, psql gives me a syntax error for no clear
> reason. It's allways on the first character of a sql file.
> I think that there must be some strange character code at the first
> position, maybe it is because i share a ntfs partition with the windows
> installation on my laptop and move files around.

Yeah, this is caused by pgadmin adding a unicode marker at the first
position of the file. If you uncheck "Read and Write Unicode UTF-8
Files" in the preferences, this issue should go away.

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-- Josh Berkus
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http://www.pgexperts.com

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