On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Achilleas Mantzios <achill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have found useful the use of variable assignment in psql, e.g. > > #!/bin/sh > > # lets say you have some var with a value, or even populate some var with a value from > # psql as shown below > somevar=`psql -P pager=off -q -t -c "SELECT foo from bar" | head -1 | sed -e 's/ //g'` > > # now use that variable in psql, (what you want to achieve), but in more tight manner > # than simple shell substitution (see -v switch and : notation) > > psql -P pager=off -q -v somevar=$somevar -c "select foo2 from bar2 where var=:somevar" At this point, I have to ask: Why not switch to a language with actual Postgres bindings? Try Python, or Pike, or something; I'm sure it's going to be easier than doing everything through shell scripts. ChrisA -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
