Re: environment variables, output format & setting current date

psql <db> -A -t -c "select current_date;" will do what
you appear to want.

But, as already pointed out, you are probably better
off using the methods provided in your scripting
language (shell or whatever).

--- Brent Wood <baw(at)frc(dot)niwa(dot)cri(dot)nz> wrote:
>
> Three questions:
>
>
> 1. In a script, how do I set the value of a date
> attr to the current
> date. I've tried a few obvious approaches but
> nothing works yet.
>
>
>
> 2.If I do:
> psql <db> -c "select current_date;"
> I get:
>
> date
> ------------
> 2002-02-23
> (1 row)
>
> I can use:
> psql <db> -c "select current_date;" | tail
> -3 | head -1
> to just get the date value, but is there simpler
> way?
>
>
> And lastly, I believe there are a few environmental
> variables used to
> control various PostgreSQL behaviours, eg: date/time
> format. Where is
> there a list of these? (I can't find them in the
> docs)
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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