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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