Re: psql & unix env variables

I have found useful the use of variable assignment in psql, e.g.

#!/bin/sh

# lets say you have some var with a value, or even populate some var with a value from
# psql as shown below
somevar=`psql -P pager=off -q -t -c "SELECT foo from bar" | head -1 | sed -e 's/ //g'`

# now use that variable in psql, (what you want to achieve), but in more tight manner
# than simple shell substitution (see -v switch and : notation)

psql -P pager=off -q -v somevar=$somevar -c "select foo2 from bar2 where var=:somevar"

On Τετ 29 Αυγ 2012 15:00:29 Little, Douglas wrote:
> Thanks
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Kelly [mailto:rpkelly22(at)gmail(dot)com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:41 PM
> To: Little, Douglas
> Cc: PostgreSQL General (pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org)
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql & unix env variables
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> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:35:32PM -0500, Little, Douglas wrote:
> > Is there a method for having unix env variables incorporated into a psql sql statement?
> > Ie
> > Export var='dev'
> > Psql =c 'select count(*) from $var.customer;'
> export FOO="bar"
> psql -c "select count(*) from $FOO.customer;"
>
> Note the double quotes. That allows your shell to interpolate the string into your query. Note that the interpolation is done by your shell, and not psql.
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