From: | Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Syntax error when combining --set and --command has me stumped |
Date: | 2022-07-28 19:40:06 |
Message-ID: | 352ceea1-029d-726e-89b5-74be4946e67b@gmail.com |
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$ alias psql12
alias psql12='/usr/lib/postgresql/12/bin/psql -p5433'
This works ask expected:
$ psql12 --set num=42 -ac "\echo :num"
echo :num
42
And so does this:
$ psql12 --set num=42
psql (12.11 (Ubuntu 12.11-1.pgdg18.04+1))
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# select :num;
?column?
----------
42
(1 row)
But trying to use a variable (both with and without single quotes) in a
--command statement other than "\echo" throws a syntax error at the colon:
$ psql12 --set num=42 -ac "select :num;"
select :num;
ERROR: syntax error at or near ":"
LINE 1: select :num;
^
$ psql12 --set num=42 -ac "select :'num';"
select :'num';
ERROR: syntax error at or near ":"
LINE 1: select :'num';
^
What secret sauce am I missing to get this to work?
--
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.
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