Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.4/8.6.3) with SMTP id SAA03560 for postgres-dist; Mon, 20 Dec 1993 18:56:06 -0800 Resent-From: POSTGRES mailing list Resent-Message-Id: <199312210256.SAA03560@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU> X-Authentication-Warning: nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol Sender: owner-postman@postgres.Berkeley.EDU X-Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from faerie.CS.Berkeley.EDU (faerie.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.149.14]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.4/8.6.3) with ESMTP id SAA03551 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1993 18:56:06 -0800 Received: from localhost (aoki@localhost) by faerie.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.4/8.1B) id SAA05625; Mon, 20 Dec 1993 18:55:53 -0800 Message-Id: <199312210255.SAA05625@faerie.CS.Berkeley.EDU> From: aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki) To: "Guy R. Thomas" Cc: postgres@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: What is an unterminated char/string constant? In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 20 Dec 1993 17:08:23 -0800 <199312210108.RAA14643@ raven.native-ed.bc.ca > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 18:55:53 -0800 X-Sender: aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Resent-To: postgres-dist@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 18:56:06 -0800 Resent-XMts: smtp "Guy R. Thomas" writes: > system ("monitor commcontent -N -c \"retrieve ( l.all ) > from l in liaisons where l.liais_numb = \\\"$liais_numb\\\" ::int2 > \" > /tmp/liaison "); this is a postgres error indicating that a string started with " was not properly terminated with ". does it work without the embedded newlines? i wouldn't think the shell would be all that happy if that were the problem, but.. -- Paul M. Aoki | CS Div., Dept. of EECS, UCB | aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU | Berkeley, CA 94720 | ...!uunet!ucbvax!aoki