Re: user input during runtime - Mailing list pgsql-general

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Win32 will deal with the backticks Ok, but not the read && echo part.
> You can set it to the output of a variable, for example
> \set x `echo foo`
>
> but I haven't been able to trick it into actually reading something. One
> would think something like:
> \set x `set /p Z= && echo %Z%`
> would work, but it doesn't. One reason for this is that %Z% is actually
> resolved at parsing time. it's a pain in CMD language, but that's how it
> works. :-(

CMD "language"?  LOL

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