I am working my way through a book from APRESS by Matthew and Stones entitled “Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL from Novice to Professional”
The exercises involve issuing commands through the psql command line. I am using Windows XP on a Dell.
I notice that if I am entereing a command, but accidentally precede the command with ‘ then the command is not performed, and no matter what I type, the prompt continues to show as ‘> rather than -> .
I have also discovered that if I enter a second ‘, then the command prompt returns to the normal -> and I may once again execute commands.
My question is, what function does the ‘ serve in psql command line?
Thanks!