| From: | Moritz Sinn <moritz(at)freesources(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Joel Burton" <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: user defined variables |
| Date: | 2002-05-24 16:13:54 |
| Message-ID: | m34rgxttfh.fsf@freesources.org |
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"Joel Burton" <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com> writes:
> In the psql client, you can set a variable with the "\set" command, or using
> "--set" at startup. So "psql --set UID=xxxx" will let you use the the UID as
> "SELECT * FROM USER WHERE uid= :UID".
>
> Will this work for you?
>
> - J.
well, i'm using the php functions for communicating with postgresql. but
this means that it is possible.
has someone an idea how i can set such a variable when i open the
connection with php?
thanks,
moritz
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