richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I am having instances of (substituting example names for schema and role):
> grant create, usage on schema my_schema to bob;
> returning the error message:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "bob"
> but:
> GRANT CREATE, USAGE ON SCHEMA my_schema TO bob;
> succeeding.
> I hope that's clearer.
Well, it's clearer, but I don't believe it. What I think is
far more likely an explanation is that you've got some weird
non-ASCII whitespace in the first version of the command.
Copying-and-pasting from your mail doesn't show anything
strange though.
regards, tom lane