Re: psql's \copy incompatible with :variables - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> Note that psql variables work perfectly fine with COPY.  It's just \copy
> >> which seems to be misbehaving.
>
> > The problem is that none of the backslash commands interpret variables:
>
> Nonsense.
>
> regression=# \set foo bar
> regression=# \d foo
> Did not find any relation named "foo".
> regression=# \d :foo
> Did not find any relation named "bar".
>
> \copy is different because it uses OT_WHOLE_LINE mode to read the
> argument, and that doesn't expand :variable references.  I'd be a bit
> leery of changing that.

Oh, I see.  My tests were wrong.  Thanks.

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