Running SQL script through psql gives syntax errors that don't occur in PgAdmin

Question

I have the following script to create a table:

-- Create State table.
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"State\" CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE \"State\" (
 StateID SERIAL PRIMAR         


        

Answer 1

What version(-s) do you use? IF EXISTS came with version 8.2, maybe you're connection with version 8.1 or older when you use psql.