On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 2:58 PM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:
>
> INSERT into companies (company_nbr,company_name,industry,status) VALUES
> nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Acme','Manufacturing','Opportunity'),
> nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Baker','Livestock','Opportunity');
>
> Running:
> $ psql -U rshepard -d bustrac -f test-script.sql
> psql:test-script.sql:3: ERROR: syntax error at or near "nextval"
> LINE 2: nextval('companies_org_nbr_seq'),'Acme','Manufacturing','Opp...
> ^
> What have I missed?
>
>
Values introduces literal records/rows. Rows are written within
parentheses.
Values (..., ...), (..., ...)
You seem to have the closing parenthesis but not the opening one.
David J.
