Re: psql & unix env variables

From: Ryan Kelly <rpkelly22(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Little, Douglas" <DOUGLAS(dot)LITTLE(at)orbitz(dot)com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL General (pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org)" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql & unix env variables
Date: 2012-08-29 17:40:40
Message-ID: 20120829174040.GA500@llserver.lakeliving.com
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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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