This works like a charm. Thanks tons!
;) Clark
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, SAKAIDA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With many cooperators, I have made a *bash built-in command* for
> PostgreSQL called "pgbash".
>
> The pgbash is the system which offers the 'direct SQL'/'embedded
> SQL' interface for PostgreSQL by being included in the bash-2.x
> shell.
>
>
> Features of pgbash
> -------------------
>
> 1.The pgbash has a function which is equivalent to psql except for
> the interactive input processing function.
>
> 2.It is possible that pgbash carries out the interactive input
> processing using the hysteresis editing function ( history, !,
> fc command ) of bash.
>
> 3.An output of retrieval result and database information of pgbash
> uses PSprint() which improved PQprint(). By PSprint(), it is
> possible to output by plain table type, plain table + outer frame
> type and HTML table type. And, it is possible to display NULL
> value string(like '-NULL-') and bit zero string(like '-0-').
>
> 4.It is possible that pgbash manipulates multiple databases using
> CONNECT, DISCONNECT and SET CONNECTION (or -d option ).
>
> 5.The pgbash has a function which substitutes the retrieval result
> for the shell variable using FETCH INTO statement.
>
> 6.It is possible to set CGI mode. In CGI mode, the pgbash switches
> the output to HTML, and read the datat by GET/POST method, and
> read the data of HTTP_COOKIE.
>
> 7.The pgbash sets "error code", "error message", "number of tuples",
> etc to the shell variable. Therefore, it is possible to know the
> condition after the SQL execution.
>
>
> Details is as follows.
> http://www.psn.co.jp/PostgreSQL/pgbash/index-e.html
>
> # I am very glad, if many people will use the pgbash.
>
> --
> Regards.
>
> SAKAIDA Masaaki -- Osaka, Japan$B!!(B
> # Sorry, I am not good at English.
>
>
> ************
>
