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From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Using psql's \prompt command
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

> Prompt isn’t your issue. Prompt stores the value into a variable. Read how
> to reference variables in a psql script.

David,

Thank you. I'll look into using the \set command.

Rich