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inexplicable syntax error when I write one code from the documentation

I have a newbie problem with the syntax. I've just started learning AQL. The documentation is good but I keep making a syntax error that I can´t explain.

I tried doing exactly the same as the documentation says; I copied the same thing with the same collection as the example and that worked, but when I try writing the same thing, the syntax checker in the web interface blocks me.

Maybe I'm writing something more that I can´t see like a format code in the word? (I didn´t copy anything from a text processor). I'm using Firefox and Windows 10

!(https://ibb.co/fYyCNwK)

(This is almost the first page of the newbie manual)

INSERT {
    "name": "Ned",
    "surname": "Stark",
    "alive"; true,
    "age": 41,
    "traits": ["A","H","C","N","P"]
} INTO Characters
Solution

  • You have a semi-colon (;) between "alive" and true.

    This should be a colon (:).

    You have:

    "alive"; true,

    You should have:

    "alive": true,

    The syntax error is helpful, it reports:

    • unexpected
    • near '; true,
    • at position 4:12 (this corresponds to line|row #4 and column #12 and your ;)