Re: Pavel Stehule 2019-03-29 <CAFj8pRAFpZcDGL5i1wMQiHZ43y5Qd=22=+2vTCFOrak_mrUxjw@mail.gmail.com>
> > Other idea: If we don't want to reinvent a new tool, how about
> > supporting prepared statements in psql?
> >
> > psql -c 'create user %i' --args 'bob w. space'
> >
>
> Prepared statements cannot be DDL commands.
"Prepared" in the sense of what format() does. (I should have used %I.)
> But psql has safe escaping via :"xxx" notation. So some like
>
> psql -c 'create role :"role"' -v role='my role' ...
That's totally horrible to write, get correct, and to read again
later. We need something that people can actually use.
> But what I know the psql variables are not evaluated for -c query
I hate -c. It has so many caveats.
Christoph
