Re: validate synatax

On 10 December 2013 22:40, Peter Kroon <plakroon(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I validate any query on PostgreSQL without executing the sql.
> I was able with EXPLAIN to find some errors. However this only worked with
> a SELECT statement. When i tried to create a TABLE it would not run.
> I do not wish to install external packages. Preferably use only default
> present features.
>
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Introduction_to_VACUUM,_ANALYZE,_EXPLAIN,_and_COUNT#PostgreSQL_EXPLAIN
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Best,
> Peter
>

Why do you want to do that? Maybe just test it, there can be many more
problems then just not executing query, the query logic could be bad, even
if the syntax is correct. You can always run it inside transaction and
rollback at the end.

regards,
Szymon