On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > Thank you. I'll look into using the \set command.
>
> My web searches find many examples of using the \set command, but none
> getting user input with \prompt.
>
> Please point me to a reference where I can learn how to get the user input
> string into the script.
>
That is what \prompt is for. You have the correct meta-command, you were
capturing user input just fine. Read about how to use variables in queries
for the part you are missing.
David J.