On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:54 AM, akp geek <akpg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all -
>                I am trying to run the psql command the following way and
> it's failing . Can you please help?
>                 psql  -d mydb  -c 'update tb_user set accountstatus='A'
> where userid=123'
> ERROR:  column "a" does not exist
> LINE 1: ...date tb_user accountstatus=A

Try:

  psql -d mydb -c "update tb_user set accountstatus='A' where userid=123"

You need to double quotes since you are using single quotes in your SQL string.

--patrick

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