Re: psql & unix env variables

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Kelly [mailto:rpkelly22(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:41 PM
To: Little, Douglas
Cc: PostgreSQL General (pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql & unix env variables

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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