Adrian Klaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know what to make of it but the problem seems to start at the lines I > have marked 1 & 2 and involves the lo_import function. I have not used > lo_import and so do not know how to call it. What I do see is that it is > called at 1 and a '(' shows up to the left of the prompt at 2 and stays > there indicating to me at least the parser is not happy.
No, that's just because psql has noticed that the left paren following VALUES is unmatched. I suppose that what Kathrine is showing us is line-wrapped text and that the lo_import function call was actually typed on the same line as "values(...", since there's not another psql prompt visible there. But in any case, the given error message could only have come from a regex match operator (~ or ~*) that does not like the pattern operand it was given. Since there's no ~ operator in the given query, I have to suppose that the problem is in something that's being invoked behind-the- scenes, like a trigger or rule. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match