On Mar 24, 2005, at 6:29 PM, Walker, Jed S wrote:
> How can do those things in psql? (I found the \set which seems to
> work, no
> error, but I can't figure out how to use the variable in a psql
> session)
You prefix the variable with a colon to get the value. Here are a few
examples:
\set mystring '\'here is a string\''
select :mystring || ' test';
?column?
----------------------
here is a string test
(1 row)
\set myint 37
select :myint + 10;
?column?
----------
47
(1 row)
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
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