Hi John,
Thanks, I had tried the semi-colon, it's the unusual quoting syntax I was
missing.
\set '/'jed\''
select :jed;
Is that the only way you can quote it to make a string work?
-----Original Message-----
From: John DeSoi [mailto:desoi@pgedit.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:07 PM
To: Walker, Jed S
Cc: 'pgsql-novice@postgresql.org'
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] psql questions
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.
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