There is a define:
define("MYCONST", "4");
read here...
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php
and here...
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.define.php
and anywhere else I might have missed. I haven't used postgresql to
define constants, yet, but I do believe it's possible...
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Shane Wright wrote:
> Hi
>
> This may be the wrong list to ask this, apologies if so :)
>
> Anyway, is there any way to define constants in PostgreSQL - my app has lots
> of them at the PHP level, but it'd be nice to use them directly in the SQL
> without overly complex query building.
>
> Something like this...
>
> DEFINE CONSTANT MYCONST = 4;
>
> SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE myfield=MYCONST;
>
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Shane
>
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