Re: Junk queries with variables?

Steve - DND wrote:
>>I don't know about pgAdmin, but in psql you can use \set:
>>
>>\set id 1
>>SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = :id;
>>
>>\set name '\'Some Name\''
>>SELECT * FROM foo WHERE name = :name;
>>
> 
> 
> Whenever I try the above I get an error at the backslash. Do I need to
> create a different language for this? Right now I only have plpgsql
> available.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
\set name text('Some Name')
SELECT * FROM foo WHERE name = :name;