Re: psql with option -c fails..

From: akp geek <akpgeek(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: patrick keshishian <pkeshish(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql with option -c fails..
Date: 2011-09-21 15:02:46
Message-ID: CACnhOf+aa9L8n41m1AZYmY8oO2zpp5qjQnmPGMu0weoFskpmSg@mail.gmail.com
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Thanks a lot .. Got it

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:01 AM, patrick keshishian <pkeshish(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:54 AM, akp geek <akpgeek(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hi all -
> > I am trying to run the psql command the following way and
> > it's failing . Can you please help?
> > psql -d mydb -c 'update tb_user set accountstatus='A'
> > where userid=123'
> > ERROR: column "a" does not exist
> > LINE 1: ...date tb_user accountstatus=A
>
> Try:
>
> psql -d mydb -c "update tb_user set accountstatus='A' where userid=123"
>
> You need to double quotes since you are using single quotes in your SQL
> string.
>
> --patrick
>

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