"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Friday, October 29, 2021, Philip Semanchuk <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> I would appreciate help with the syntax for querying an array of strings >> declared as a psql variable. Here's an example. >> >> \set important_days ARRAY['monday', 'friday'] > Not sure why the single quotes are getting stripped out but that is the > issue. Maybe double them up to escape them like in a normal text literal? Yeah, that's just the way that \set works (and most other psql backslash commands, I believe). You've likely got an issue with whitespace disappearing, too, though that might be harmless in this specific example. regression=# \set foo 'bar baz' regression=# \echo :foo bar baz regression=# \set foo 'bar ''baz' regression=# \echo :foo bar 'baz regression=# \set foo bar ''baz regression=# \echo :foo barbaz Not sure offhand how well-documented this is. regards, tom lane
