On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> Just to throw in an idea.
>
> I almost exclusively use PERL for this type of thing. A bunch of examples
> out on the web using DBI, and the main aspects are portable across many
> databases, not just
Just to throw in an idea.
I almost exclusively use PERL for this type of thing. A bunch of examples out
on the web using DBI, and the main aspects are portable across many databases,
not just POSTGRES.
Just my two cents.
AWK would work too, I’ve used it myself, and got very complicated with i
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Reid Thompson
wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 09:04 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>
> > I'm wanting to do some reporting on data which I have an a PostgreSQL
> table.
> > For lack of anything better, I've decided to see if I can do it in GNU
> awk.
>
>
> perhaps... note
On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 09:04 -0500, John McKown wrote:
> I'm wanting to do some reporting on data which I have an a PostgreSQL table.
> For lack of anything better, I've decided to see if I can do it in GNU awk.
perhaps... note the 4th extension...
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_n
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Melvin Davidson
wrote:
> Your best bet is something like
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> get_data ()
> {
> QRY=$(psql $HOST $PORT $USER $DBNAME <<_QUERY_
>
> \o your_output_file
> SELECT col1, col2, , coln
> FROM your_table
> WHERE ;
>
> _QUERY_
>
> )
> }
>
> awk your_
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM, John McKown
wrote:
> I'm wanting to do some reporting on data which I have an a PostgreSQL
> table. For lack of anything better, I've decided to see if I can do it in
> GNU awk. OK, using Perl with DBI might be a better idea, I'll grant you
> that. Or maybe Python
Your best bet is something like
#!/bin/bash
get_data ()
{
QRY=$(psql $HOST $PORT $USER $DBNAME <<_QUERY_
\o your_output_file
SELECT col1, col2, , coln
FROM your_table
WHERE ;
_QUERY_
)
}
awk your_table
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM, John McKown
wrote:
> I'm wanting to do some rep
I'm wanting to do some reporting on data which I have an a PostgreSQL
table. For lack of anything better, I've decided to see if I can do it in
GNU awk. OK, using Perl with DBI might be a better idea, I'll grant you
that. Or maybe Python or Ruby (which I don't know). But out of shear
cussedness, I'
