Re: psql scripting tutorials

Peter Eisentraut escribió:

> psql manual page:
>
> -c command
>
> --command command
> Specifies that psql is to execute one command string, command,
> and then exit. This is useful in shell scripts.
>
> command must be either a command string that is completely
> parsable by the server (i.e., it contains no psql specific
> features), or a single backslash command. Thus you cannot mix
> SQL and psql meta-commands with this option.

Doesn't say about variable expansion ... And it seems to be in a
different realm, because the point is that the command is going to have
a single destination (either \-processing or sending it to the server).

Is psql being just lazy here and avoiding parsing the command?

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