Re: SQL from Linux command line

Scott Geller wrote:
> I'm good with the SQL part - for the SQL, I would write:
>
> create table2 as select *, case when _cnt_ < 50 then 'low' when
> _cnt_ >= 50 'high' end as cnt from (select id, count(*) as _cnt_
> from table1 where id = 1234 group by id) a;
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Would I use psql for this?
> 2. If so, how do I structure the script to run psql from Linux?
> 3. how do I pass the value for the where clause from the command line
> into the code?

This might do what you want...

$ cat ./myscript
psql -c "create table2 as select *, \
case when _cnt_ < 50 then 'low' when _cnt_ >= 50 'high' end as cnt \
from (select id, count(*) as _cnt_ from table1 \
where id = $1 group by id) a;"

$ sh ./myscript 1234