Erik Jones <ejones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mar 23, 2009, at 7:05 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> The reason you have to do this is that psql doesn't recognize >> backslash commands in a -c string. There's a school of thought that >> doesn't want us to allow multiple commands in a -c string, even. > Hmm... Apparently it does recognize them as long as the backslash is > the first character in the command string: Hmm, maybe I was just misremembering the details. What's certainly true is that psql doesn't run a -c string through the same extensive parsing that data from stdin gets. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
