... || id || E'\n' ... To enable the backslash escape you prefix the literal with the letter E David J. On Jan 13, 2012, at 7:11, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4.9 on CentOS 6.2 and with bash. > > The following cronjob works well for me > (trying to send a mail to myself - for moderation): > > 6 6 * * * psql -c "select > 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id, about from pref_rep where > length(about) > 1 and last_rated > now() - interval '1 day'" > > but I can't figure out how to append a newline to the > 1st value (because otherwise the line is too long > and I have to scroll right in my mail reader): > > What I've tried sofar: > > # history > 1001 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id||'\n', about from ..... > 1002 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id||'\\n', about > from ..... > 1003 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id|| "\\n", > about from ..... > 1004 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id|| \"\\n\", > about from ..... > 1005 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id|| \"\n\", > about from ..... > 1006 psql -c "select 'http://mysite/user.php?id=' ||id|| \'\n\', > about from ..... > > Thank you > Alex > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
