On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:19 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Thus, I want to add a bit to the top of the script, something like this: \if :DBNAME = postgres echo "must not run in postgres" exit \endif However, I can't seem to find the magic sauce.You have to use a dedicated variable. Something like SELECT :'DBNAME' = 'postgres' AS is_postgres \gset
That works...
\if :is_postgres [...]
That almost works,
My script:
$ cat test_pg.sql
SELECT :'DBNAME' = 'postgres' AS is_postgres \gset
\echo :is_postgres
\if :is_postgres
\echo 'connected to postgres'
exit
\else
\echo 'not connected to postgres'
\endif
The output:
$ psql12 -f test_pg.sql
t
connected to postgres
got here
psql:test_pg.sql:15: ERROR: syntax error at or near "exit"
LINE 1: exit
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