| From: | Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Greg Williamson <gwilliamson39(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ERROR: syntax error at or near ":" |
| Date: | 2013-03-06 23:10:23 |
| Message-ID: | CAB8KJ=hMtsESx3Bwz95fG2GXdNh5A3VRHHV4_b_q1VzHoANkdw@mail.gmail.com |
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Greg,
2013/3/7 Greg Williamson <gwilliamson39(at)yahoo(dot)com>:
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>
> Graham --
(...)
> The colon (":") is not needed, just remove it. A pair of colons is used to indicate a cast of a value; off hand I am not coming up with any use of a colon in basic SQL.
This is psql-specific syntax; the colon should cause the value of the
psql variable 'content' to be interpreted; without it, the string
'content' would be inserted.
See:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-INTERPOLATION
Regards
Ian Barwick
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