2012/7/26 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> \eset variable [, variable [..]] query -- it raise exception when
>> more than one row is returned or when no row is returned
>
> Better would be a variant on \g, that is you type in the query and
> then tell it where to put the result. We have learned the hard way
> that putting SQL commands into the arguments of backslash commands
> is a horrid idea. Maybe
>
> select x,y,... from ...
> \gset var1 var2 ...
it could be
Pavel
>
> regards, tom lane