@Karl you have correctly understood my requirement.
However, can you propose a solution with vars instead of using set_fact ?
On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 9:58:58 PM UTC+5:30, Karl Auer wrote:
>
> If I understand correctly you have a variable called fRegion that contains
> a value.
>
> You want to change that variable to contain the string "'prd' OR region
> LIKE 'dr'" if the variable initially contains either the value
> "prd_or_dr" or the value "dr_or_prd".
>
> - set_fact:
> fRegion: "'prd' OR region LIKE 'dr'"
> when: fRegion == 'prd_or_dr' or fRegion == 'dr_or_prod'
>
> The problem with doing this is that you have lost the original value of
> fRegion now. And you are IMHO misusing the variable; a variable should in
> general either be a control variable (one that controls program flow) or
> data. Using the same variable to contain both control information and data
> at different times is confusing and leads to error. This would be nicer:
>
> - set_fact:
> sqlFragment: "'some default value'"
>
> - set_fact:
> sqlFragment: "'prd' OR region LIKE 'dr'"
> when: fRegion == 'prd_or_dr' or fRegion == 'dr_or_prd'
>
> Then it is completely clear that you are testing fRegion to find out what
> yor SQL fragment should be.
>
> Regards, K.
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 2:03 AM Mohtashim S <mohta...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> @Dick hi,
>>
>> We can definitely use a different variable here
>>
>> fRegion: "'prd' OR region LIKE 'dr'"
>>
>> I wanted to have less variables hence kept it the same.
>>
>> The variable is used in a complex SQL query that is run by my playbook
>> and as we know SQL queries need single quotes (')
>>
>> Thus, the fRegion variable or any other should be assigned the string
>> which will embed in the SQL query to get it to work.
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 9:16:14 PM UTC+5:30, Dick Visser
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am truly confused about the logic.
>>> You’re trying to set a variable based on itself, OR itself?
>>>
>>> Could you maybe explain what you are trying to achieve?
>>>
>>> Even within this information I would definitely restructure things...
>>>
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 13:02, Mohtashim S <mohta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I pass a variable fRegion to my ansible playbook.
>>>>
>>>> I wish to set fRegion to this string -> 'prd' OR region LIKE 'dr'
>>>>
>>>> if the passed value is either "prd_and_dr" or "dr_and_prd".
>>>>
>>>> I call the playbook like this :
>>>>
>>>> ansible-playbook site.yml -e "fRegion=dr_and_prd"
>>>>
>>>> Here is my attempted playbook that does not help.
>>>>
>>>> - name: "Play 1-Find the details here"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hosts: localhost
>>>> any_errors_fatal: True
>>>> vars:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> fRegion: "'prd' OR region LIKE 'dr'"
>>>> when: fRegion == "prd_and_dr" or fRegion == "dr_and_prd"
>>>> ansible_ssh_extra_args: -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> debug:
>>>> msg: "{{ fRegion }}"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you please suggest ?
>>>>
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