On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:35:32PM -0500, Little, Douglas wrote: > Is there a method for having unix env variables incorporated into a psql sql > statement? > Ie > Export var='dev' > Psql =c 'select count(*) from $var.customer;' export FOO="bar" psql -c "select count(*) from $FOO.customer;"
Note the double quotes. That allows your shell to interpolate the string into your query. Note that the interpolation is done by your shell, and not psql. > > > > Doug Little > > Sr. Data Warehouse Architect | Business Intelligence Architecture | Orbitz > Worldwide > 500 W. Madison, Suite 1000 Chicago IL 60661| Office 312.260.2588 | Fax > 312.894.5164 | Cell 847-997-5741 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [cid:[email protected]] orbitz.com<http://www.orbitz.com/> | > ebookers.com<http://www.ebookers.com/> | > hotelclub.com<http://www.hotelclub.com/> | > cheaptickets.com<http://www.cheaptickets.com/> | > ratestogo.com<http://www.ratestogo.com/> | > asiahotels.com<http://www.asiahotels.com/> > -Ryan Kelly -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
