Re: include shell commands in query

Sebastian Kniat wrote:
> Hello,
> is posible to include shell commands, like ping, into query?
> e.x.
> select current_timestamp, "ping IP_adress" into table table_name

You can do it in psql:

test=> \set x '\'' `pwd` '\''
test=> select :x;
?column?
---------------------------
/usr/var/local/users/root
(1 row)

See the psql manual page for more information.

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