Anonymous Code Block $ Escaping - Error "syntax error at or near "BEGIN""

Hi I’m trying to perform an anonymous code block, but having issues which I believe may be related to escaping bind parameters/parameterized query

Using Postgres 9.5 This works fine when using a non parameterized query and less the escaping of the dollar signs (which I believe I have done incorrectly) on the DO and END, so curious why I receive the error, “syntax error at or near “BEGIN”” on the query below. I hope it is a simple matter of not escaping the dollar signs correctly, but I’m not sure.

DO $$$$
BEGIN
  IF EXISTS (
    SELECT id
    FROM mytable mt
    WHERE mt.name = "ScrappyDoo"
  )
  THEN
    INSERT INTO myothertable (type, name) VALUES ($1, $2);
  ELSE
    INSERT INTO myothertable (type, name) VALUES ($1, $2);
  END IF;
END $$$$;

[terehov]

@charmander Thank you so much for your efforts! We literally just figured out the problem. There were some invisible utf8 chars hiding, that apparently sneaked in with a copy&paste. 🧐

[jeremiahlachica]

@charmander Thank you so much for your efforts! We literally just figured out the problem. There were some invisible utf8 chars hiding, that apparently sneaked in with a copy&paste. 🧐

this has solved my problem too. I had make sure there was no extra ut8 chars hiding. Thanks!