diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scan.l b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
index a18ab2d2de361e278e9606a50f8ba4375bff7432..5e66e14fe193ea49f6e1bc2891089cef91293331 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/scan.l,v 1.58 1999/10/08 05:03:13 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/scan.l,v 1.59 1999/10/09 01:32:38 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ param			\${integer}
 
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