From: | Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: using placeholders in psql |
Date: | 2001-05-06 09:34:59 |
Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.33.0105061228221.19271-100000@ra.sai.msu.su |
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Oleg Bartunov writes:
>
> > just an idea to use placeholders (?) in psql.
> > It would be useful for interactive work and debuging.
> > We already have powerful features in psql but sometimes
> > we need more. If user enter select string with placeholder,
> > he may get prompt to input something for arg1, then for arg2...
>
> You can simulate this:
>
> $ cat test.sql
> \echo -n 'Enter something: '
> \set val1 `read && echo $REPLY`
>
> \echo -n 'And something else: '
> \set val2 `read && echo $REPLY`
>
> select :val1, :val2;
>
> $ psql -f test.sql
> Enter something: 55<enter>
> And something else: 77<enter>
> ?column? | ?column?
> ----------+----------
> 55 | 77
> (1 row)
>
> Does this work for your application?
Thanks for the tip. Sure, it works.
But my thought was about intrinsic feature of psql.
Most time I use psql is for interactive debugging. With history
feature it would be very convenient.
>
> The question marks pose too much of an incompatibility problem. The :var
> notation was already much disputed, even though it's kind of standard.
>
question mark is just borrowed from DBI syntax, no problem with
:var
>
Regards,
Oleg
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