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Re: psql \echo strangeness with :variables


  • From: ptjm(at)interlog(dot)com (Patrick TJ McPhee)
  • To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: psql \echo strangeness with :variables
  • Date: 25 May 2006 04:38:16 GMT
  • Message-id: <4dkqloF1a6g4aU1(at)uni-berlin(dot)de>

In article <m3ejyjp2d8(dot)fsf(at)prod01(dot)jerrysievers(dot)com>,
Jerry Sievers <jerry(at)jerrysievers(dot)com> wrote:

% jsievers(at)jsievers#
% = \set date `date '+%Y%m%d'`
% 
% jsievers(at)jsievers#
% = \echo :date
% 20060524
% 
% jsievers(at)jsievers#
% = \echo foo_:date
% foo_:date   <--  Was expecting this to expand... see below

variables need to be space-delimited in \ contexts. Work-around:

 \set tn 'foo_' :date
 \echo :tn
 create table :tn();

-- 

Patrick TJ McPhee
North York  Canada
ptjm(at)interlog(dot)com



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