repl

user> (defquery insert-user "distillednotes/models/users.sql" {:connection db-spec})

2. Unhandled clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException
   clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo: Parse error at line 2, column 4: --
   name: all-users ^ Expected one of: NOT NAME_TAG "\t" " " Error
   compiling: form-init1545229308196113642.clj:1:1

                 Compiler.java: 3558  clojure.lang.Compiler$InvokeExpr/eval
                 Compiler.java: 6708  clojure.lang.Compiler/eval
                 Compiler.java: 6666  clojure.lang.Compiler/eval
                      core.clj: 2927  clojure.core/eval
                      main.clj:  239  clojure.main/repl/read-eval-print/fn
                      main.clj:  239  clojure.main/repl/read-eval-print
                      main.clj:  257  clojure.main/repl/fn
                      main.clj:  257  clojure.main/repl
                   RestFn.java: 1523  clojure.lang.RestFn/invoke
        interruptible_eval.clj:   67  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate/fn
                      AFn.java:  152  clojure.lang.AFn/applyToHelper
                      AFn.java:  144  clojure.lang.AFn/applyTo
                      core.clj:  624  clojure.core/apply
                      core.clj: 1862  clojure.core/with-bindings*
                   RestFn.java:  425  clojure.lang.RestFn/invoke
        interruptible_eval.clj:   51  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate
        interruptible_eval.clj:  183  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/interruptible-eval/fn/fn
        interruptible_eval.clj:  152  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/run-next/fn
                      AFn.java:   22  clojure.lang.AFn/run
       ThreadPoolExecutor.java: 1142  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor/runWorker
       ThreadPoolExecutor.java:  617  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker/run
                   Thread.java:  745  java.lang.Thread/run

1. Caused by clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo
   Parse error at line 2, column 4: -- name: all-users ^ Expected one
   of: NOT NAME_TAG "\t" " "

   {:index 24,
    :reason
    [{:tag :negative-lookahead, :expecting {:NOT "NAME_TAG"}}
     {:tag :string, :expecting "\t"}
     {:tag :string, :expecting " "}],
    :text "-- name: all-users",
    :column 4,
    :line 2}

                      core.clj: 4403  clojure.core/ex-info
           instaparse_util.clj:   18  yesql.instaparse-util/process-instaparse-result
          queryfile_parser.clj:   42  yesql.queryfile-parser/parse-tagged-queries
                      core.clj:   28  yesql.core/defquery*
                      AFn.java:  160  clojure.lang.AFn/applyToHelper
                      AFn.java:  144  clojure.lang.AFn/applyTo
                 Compiler.java: 3553  clojure.lang.Compiler$InvokeExpr/eval
                 Compiler.java: 6708  clojure.lang.Compiler/eval
                 Compiler.java: 6666  clojure.lang.Compiler/eval
                      core.clj: 2927  clojure.core/eval
                      main.clj:  239  clojure.main/repl/read-eval-print/fn
                      main.clj:  239  clojure.main/repl/read-eval-print
                      main.clj:  257  clojure.main/repl/fn
                      main.clj:  257  clojure.main/repl
                   RestFn.java: 1523  clojure.lang.RestFn/invoke
        interruptible_eval.clj:   67  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate/fn
                      AFn.java:  152  clojure.lang.AFn/applyToHelper
                      AFn.java:  144  clojure.lang.AFn/applyTo
                      core.clj:  624  clojure.core/apply
                      core.clj: 1862  clojure.core/with-bindings*
                   RestFn.java:  425  clojure.lang.RestFn/invoke
        interruptible_eval.clj:   51  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate
        interruptible_eval.clj:  183  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/interruptible-eval/fn/fn
        interruptible_eval.clj:  152  clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/run-next/fn
                      AFn.java:   22  clojure.lang.AFn/run
       ThreadPoolExecutor.java: 1142  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor/runWorker
       ThreadPoolExecutor.java:  617  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker/run
                   Thread.java:  745  java.lang.Thread/run

users.sql

-- name: insert-user<!
INSERT INTO users (fname, lname, email, level, is_active, password_digest)
VALUES
(:fname :lname :email :level, 1, :password_digest)

Hi @rodfrey, did you ever figure out the cause of this error? I'm seeing the same thing... I'm hoping you remember a year later :)