On 19 October 2017 at 17:25, Scott Mead <scottm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Igal @ Lucee.org <igal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> In other database servers, which I'm finally dropping in favor of >> Postgres, I can do the following (mind you that this is for illustration >> only, I do not actually write queries like that): >> >> DECLARE @query varchar(64) = 'red widget'; >> >> SELECT * >> FROM products >> WHERE col1 LIKE @query >> OR col2 LIKE @query >> OR col3 LIKE @query >> OR col4 LIKE @query >> OR col5 LIKE @query >> >> The point is, though, that I can change the @query variable in one place >> which is very convenient. >> >> Is it still true (the posts I see on this subject are quite old) that I >> can not do so in Postgres outside of a stored procedure/function? You should be able to do that using the DO statement: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-do.html -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, Cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
