On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Robert James <srobertjames@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any way to set a variable or parameter for a query? > > I have a long query where a certain variable needs to be easy to > change. I'd like to do something like: > > threshold = 10.3 > > SELECT... WHERE x > $threshold... AND y * 1.3 > $threshold... > Using prepared statements? See here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/sql-prepare.html > Currently, I need to do this in a scripting language. Is there a > straightforward way to do this directly in Postgres? well, if you are doing this in a script(ing) it should be quite easy to do string interpolation. Luca -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
