Thanks a lot .. Got it On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:01 AM, patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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 >