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

Thank you guys. I have been struggling with this issue for a few weeks. I could not run my SQL scripts using PSQL. I thought I have some issues with my OS, now I know it is the BOM issue in my text file. I installed bomstrip packet in Ubuntu and now all my SQL scripts are working again.