Mark Rotteveel wrote:

> > "All statements except the BEGIN…END blocks must be separated by a 
> > semicolon.."
> > - terminated, not separated.
>
> I think separated is actually correct here (although terminated is as
> well). The statement is terminated by the semi-colon, but multiple
> statements are separated by the semi-columns

It's not exactly the same thing. If statements must be *separated* by 
semicolons (like in Pascal), the separator can be omitted after the last 
statement in a block, e.g. before 'end', 'else' or 'until'.

But in PSQL, even that last statement must be terminated by a semicolon.


Paul Vinkenoog

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