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Run Time Variables

From
Phil Hayward
Date:
Can anyone assist please?
In Oracle it is possible to enter variables at run time with a query as follows

SELECT name, salary, dept
FROM emp
WHERE empid = &empid;

On running the query you will be prompted .....

Enter value for empid:

Is there an equivalent feature in PostgreSql, Psql ?


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add primary key

From
"mikhail malamud"
Date:
ALTER TABLE Activity add
    CONSTRAINT  PRIMARY KEY
    (
        ActivityId
    )
What's wrong with this. How do I add primary key constraint.
I tried to look in the docs but I could not find the answer, can anyone
also point me to a place where I could find an answer to this question
without disturbing the entire mailing list with such a probably simple
question.

Re: Run Time Variables

From
"Anthony E . Greene"
Date:
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 13:37:39 Phil Hayward wrote:
>Can anyone assist please?
>In Oracle it is possible to enter variables at run time with a query as
>follows
>
>SELECT name, salary, dept
>FROM emp
>WHERE empid = &empid;
>
>On running the query you will be prompted .....
>
>Enter value for empid:
>
>Is there an equivalent feature in PostgreSql, Psql ?

In pgaccess you can create a query that looks like this:

  select name, salary, dept
  from emp
  where emp_id = '[parameter "Employee ID?"]'

A dialog box will prompt you for input. I don't know of a way to do this
within psql.

Tony
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RE: add primary key

From
"mikhail malamud"
Date:
Can someone please tell me the answer to this simple question?

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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:55 PM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] add primary key


ALTER TABLE Activity add
    CONSTRAINT  PRIMARY KEY
    (
        ActivityId
    )
What's wrong with this. How do I add primary key constraint.
I tried to look in the docs but I could not find the answer, can anyone
also point me to a place where I could find an answer to this question
without disturbing the entire mailing list with such a probably simple
question.


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RE: add primary key

From
"mikhail malamud"
Date:
I ve been trying to find an answer to this question but all in vain. Can
someone pleease help me. How do you add a primary key constraint to an
existing table.



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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:55 PM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] add primary key


ALTER TABLE Activity add
    CONSTRAINT  PRIMARY KEY
    (
        ActivityId
    )
What's wrong with this. How do I add primary key constraint.
I tried to look in the docs but I could not find the answer, can anyone
also point me to a place where I could find an answer to this question
without disturbing the entire mailing list with such a probably simple
question.


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Re: add primary key

From
"Oliver Elphick"
Date:
"mikhail malamud" wrote:
  >I ve been trying to find an answer to this question but all in vain. Can
  >someone pleease help me. How do you add a primary key constraint to an
  >existing table.
  >
  >
  >
  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
  >[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of mikhail malamud
  >Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:55 PM
  >To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
  >Subject: [NOVICE] add primary key
  >
  >
  >ALTER TABLE Activity add
  >    CONSTRAINT  PRIMARY KEY
  >    (
  >        ActivityId
  >    )
  >What's wrong with this. How do I add primary key constraint.

The facility is not supported, even at 7.1

Dump your database with pg_dump, edit the dump file and reload it.

If the facility were supported, the command would be:

  ALTER TABLE Activity ADD CONSTRAINT Activity PRIMARY KEY(ActivityId)


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Re: add primary key

From
lee johnson
Date:
just wondering if converting msaccess databases ( will forms/reports tables all convert?)

into pgaccess via pgadmin in windows work or is this a nightmare to
setup/do..

thanks
lee