Not Seeing Syntax Error

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Not Seeing Syntax Error
Date: 2011-08-17 15:49:29
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1108170842260.1129@salmo.appl-ecosys.com
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For several INSERT INTO rows I get a syntax error when the quant column is
NULL for one specific parameter. I don't see my error. Here is an example
row:

psql:insert.sql:8: ERROR: syntax error at or near ","
LINE 1: ...ALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','Arsenic',,'mg/L');
^
The source line is:

INSERT INTO chemistry (lab_nbr, loc_name, sample_date, param, quant,
units)VALUES ('9609-0759','BC-1.5','1996-09-19','Arsenic',,'mg/L');

and the quant column is defined as type real. There are numerous other rows
where quant IS NULL.

What have I missed?

Rich

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