Re: [SQL] \set

Thank you, Tom.

Jie

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:06 PM
To: Jie Liang
Cc: Christian Kratzer; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org;
pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] \set

"Jie Liang" <jie(at)stbernard(dot)com> writes:
> You will see AAA associate with 'whatever', it's an internal variable,

> but how could I use it in my SQL query?

regression=# \set AAA 'whatever'
regression=# select :AAA;
ERROR: column "whatever" does not exist
regression=# \set AAA '\'whatever\''
regression=# select :AAA;
?column?
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whatever
(1 row)

regards, tom lane