On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 19:57, Claudio Lapidus wrote:
> > I need to create user defined variable in every database session.
> > In Sybase ASA is equivalent:
> > CREATE VARIABLE name TYPE;
> >
> > I need use this in views. Is it possible???
>
> What about
>
> test=> \set myvar 5
> test=> select :myvar;
> ?column?
> ----------
> 5
> (1 row)
But that is specific to psql. It's not something you can use in an
application, as you might the Sybase command.
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