From: | Moritz Sinn <moritz(at)freesources(dot)org> |
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To: | "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: user defined variables |
Date: | 2002-05-24 15:21:12 |
Message-ID: | m3bsb5tvvb.fsf@freesources.org |
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> On 24 May 2002, Moritz Sinn wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > isn't it possible to define own environment vars?
> >
>
> Did I miss something?
>
> I'd answer with:
>
> Errrrr.......yeeeeees.
>
> Except I've got this distinct feeling I must have missed something.
>
> What is it you're trying to achieve other than setting environment variables
> which is shell specific?
well, i mean i want to make a value available under a certain name, for
the whole db session.
i want to do something like "UID=4545323667424;" and then be able to say
"SELECT * FROM USER WHERE uid=UID;"
But SET only accepts predefined environment variables.
thanks,
moritz
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