A friend of mine has created this simple accumulating loop query for MS SQL 2k5 Express Edition. I am trying to reproduce the same results with PostgreSQL 8.1, but am not able to find much useful help on how to properly set up a variable of both int and char. The PostgreSQL documentation is great if you have an idea of what you are doing, but I'm still really new to PostgreSQL. If someone can just point out some hints or clarifications as to wether to use the SET command or the psql \set command. Below is the query in question. Many thanx to any that can help. -Ubence declare @variableint int declare @desc char (50) set @variableint = 0 create table counter (countid int , description varchar(50)) while @variableint < 500 begin set @variableint = @variableint + 1 set @desc = 'The Counter is Now' +' '+ cast (@variableint as char(50)) insert into counter values (@variableint,@desc) end select * from counter
