Re: Run Time Variables

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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