On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, David Gauthier <davegauthierpg(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Is there a way to do the equivalent of a "\set foo 1" through perl dbi ?
> I tried...
> $dbh->do("\\set foo 1");
> and got a syntax error
>
> Of course, I'd also have to be able to access the value of foo once its
> set. I'm guessing the usual way ??? (select :foo)
>
>
No. Meta commands are psql client program only. You'd need to explain why
you want this to get reasonable server-side suggestions.
David J.