Re: Using psql's \prompt command

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using psql's \prompt command
Date: 2025-01-30 22:44:20
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYk1xeDbna0_6htbvUMptn=TK0rKN=5doOjNPCaQ3zjEA@mail.gmail.com
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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.

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