Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] \set

2004-05-16 Thread Christian Kratzer
Hi, On Tue, 11 May 2004, Jie Liang wrote: Hi, How to use an internal variable? Original question was how to set a variable in postgresql? If I want to set a variable like start_date='2004-05-10'; How could I use it in my SQL statement? E.g. Db set start_date '2004-05-10' Db select start_date as

Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] \set

2004-05-12 Thread Tom Lane
Jie Liang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You will see AAA associate with 'whatever', it's an internal variable, but how could I use it in my SQL query? regression=# \set AAA 'whatever' regression=# select :AAA; ERROR: column whatever does not exist regression=# \set AAA '\'whatever\'' regression=#

Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] \set

2004-05-12 Thread Jie Liang
Thank you, Tom. Jie -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:06 PM To: Jie Liang Cc: Christian Kratzer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] \set Jie Liang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You will see AAA