Re: psql questions

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(at)pgedit(dot)com]
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:07 PM
To: Walker, Jed S
Cc: 'pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)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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