On ons, 2011-10-26 at 04:08 +0000, Shannon wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 6271
> Logged by: Shannon
> Email address: shannon@arc.net.au
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.9
> Operating system: Gentoo Linux 64bit
> Description: psql -f reporting unexpected syntax errors on first
> command
> Details:
>
> Given the following 2 line SQL script in a file:
>
> --- test.sql ---
> SHOW client_encoding;
> SHOW client_encoding;
> ----------------
>
> $ psql -ftest.sql -U postgres template1
>
> psql:test.sql:1: ERROR: syntax error at or near "SHOW"
> LINE 1: SHOW client_encoding;
> ^
> client_encoding
> -----------------
> UTF8
> (1 row)
Look at the file with a hex editor or od or something like that to see
whether there are any "invisible" characters on the first line. A
Unicode byte-order mark is a possibility.