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From: Joe Conway <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Command Line option misunderstanding
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:12:34 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On 12/2/24 13:47, [email protected] wrote:
> It would appear that I have a fundamental misunderstanding
> of either the english language or the psql man page.

<snip>

> My attempts at implementing my understanding of man page
> and attempts at implementing what I perceive to be someones mis-writing
> of man page
> 
> 
> ----attempt 1--
> psql -h anna -d GT7 -v v1=12 -c 'select :v1'

I forget the details, but I think it has to do with the way "-c" 
commands are processed. Try this:

echo 'select :v1' | psql -d test -v v1=42
  ?column?
----------
        42
(1 row)

-- 
Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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