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[162.239.31.113]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 00721157ae682-6ef4db28e5csm23966277b3.17.2024.12.02.12.12.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:12:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5b83c211-e5aa-42e1-a3c9-29b455ddd763@joeconway.com> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:12:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Command Line option misunderstanding To: punch-hassle-guise@duck.com, pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org References: <487DB217-EA37-4139-AB97-B61B04ECAEA7.1@smtp-inbound1.duck.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Joe Conway Autocrypt: addr=mail@joeconway.com; keydata= xsFNBEpXMCsBEADDnXUQzjlyi/cX02Gtdy2CLcroE5CsC7DJKdOBDbfgn0kfiIYoV5JniG4l VyzZUodY8yUAagqLYolh0UkBzs9N+qkm7erde4ypw3jzVQ37BuzIvk3nMUbuDZDgxWqX+nVS sKc+BQ5BpzgCHg48leoRO2ohjvYnUhgH3j2rFZCzaj6qQ7mv+XoxOJmUlVQtG06Jwkk7Vu14 7U9nMMM6hyUKzVnmCphnlcMNo26UyVU70MwFfFJgcI0c5fpp8byN56eD6VJVnufO5WAuEhzE qcrSJR2FAlmM90GBY+6vP29twLDCHuSFvrnujNCx/BvCC/a3/gPvyAFp4JtMm9eXAmq3m/Kw 94nTJXVdcbQeQQDp3KIG7MmWS4lnGvPn8v0CjgNaLvZXFLo1FgmUVsyEq1Lww4iRLa6sbpXJ ESx15UEue1k1YZM9C+4F/o3aeKNsAienjw2EXFzcaxIg/C4P493VMi3Qa8ycVxR5iYhUbYdo DFIUQhbFNsYfrtW/qZAELT3FCYFpZYG01e9Hj+cBrXXgyDDkQ5Lq4mlvmkRvuxn61V6Au4HA 0sJiCox5pM1FvzT+aI8HY1BYaiB9Pl4fhpKgmhhlSuglk9v39S4jmlUIb45iLAUVpeNM6Qjm 69pf5da9sm4aGFa7YlDSKf/WcU7z9ITZxsilOi2n7YJiwG7kTQARAQABzSRKb3NlcGggRSBD b253YXkgPG1haWxAam9lY29ud2F5LmNvbT7CwXoEEwEIACQCGwMCHgECF4AFCwkIBwMFFQoJ CAsFFgIDAQAFAlWTVvUCGQEACgkQMyt+aLaZQ0oPCQ/9HyRewMyvAIJRmoXoLAr8AoFLId6R qBJnNX0Lll0RLZui65aQ0+exwX7aH7TxWR16B2gWX3OmLfGT8XITOoG+zt9zsEpLvNkHchkF T/jyAcbuRj5WX9hamZgMbjXAJeCdlhW+fRA9Upb0w4dgBjqK5OgsqMikASL7t2vogHl9H08j vSoQLW+8wTnSBXBeBTBwB7xLIin5WVivzFHUCrnD2UsjeBIW3fmGdpTAjSxRzG+UPYVwXQ8F FLt7DpEytvLWapmZWMRdj0WZ/Q3SOO/Ed0yFqbzuwKaWcFrQBNeS2Sig+FefBNS98f9Hx7ku H3DW34qX/zSSdDh0jLs7X3PkIgF6BZR2TxaCwHPP9ERDiDaUInC9U7We1iZE1DjW8rLMEVJB hY0ClrrF67pnUKTbcU+uajpPn+2Jl74T0Set/XxpHZ4cezcJuqg31R8vHZgd5cf1WKP0D0pc qiuS02BBFkNCs1jQ+raTWcDuE6F1mUO2nvjUBN9r4y5DUbCNSqLKeAe/aA6JaSDkBpoXKdNS +c4rbzbktWkfUW8EhVlCGzNpy4ezEoVsqV2Ex7fNoxsE2vnSylLT9hycAmYf8ryMvniRZqnD T4JgLenIcQlkhB896T7wApOXfD8OJj1/XFxAfPi6vdlsr81uoxuB4euLp8IyduwLORRUogO9 zmAXG5jOwU0ESlcyJwEQAOkTBb9yDhJbMUgvhM11rZwT5tm4Y9TqtEHn0Zy3t9g7bdFFpMva v/KENd3oAtLFpMDf+H3AggFk4ftUwJwiVgJ88ilvCynJUGXiuYIaexY4DLgn4xpnuiEpYEFV dWnlw7dWVTc62exfqIz9bSWRzwfBCY9ruYGEb4RDPDSNSAVyI7sxHzef2asiYxIcxrTrw5Vu gWNlPZcV5/EJ6PUvATjBF2TBkXV7KOciQng2tsQGrGMkY5mduNqwpuh6zfPcVF8LeObe96wv 5ZhPRpO79nef7hnK2lJogp3JIo558Jlbz9WHtQEMZR85+bUhtI825QyNAFz3Jrn7NMgvDikc 2OrWo7YMgMC5hDSWVFqA6/EQCNnDWGABWgeYHZFpnPwsvUWIYdhSilUuj/Tuzvz9ZmucFNbQ bauDQw6VQ38ofGnoYDZFJsGncprB8dBi4tDrIQ+1RlIh6C2Z/eMipqJOT26+spluTjouvnKT 0S5yOgyX0PjbsysgwQdCGNJLHOjhHbSpSmOLaduV3CQo/0+DHT/TBjYfIXjTWouY9TkGxG4e NrxU0u2xAy5bMqOPmsFdjLTWlQUlF/fTMhB54XwI3FHWgnSnXZzStDTmTebLNdT/ftgliAzA 81uMj49j0exv731/v+7udLA1bV8gnZ01zQCASDpWiRQR3fgwcugSUqgRABEBAAHCwV8EGAEI AAkFAkpXMicCGwwACgkQMyt+aLaZQ0pwAQ//bjcWnZg/jjRQ9gbZUGMqniItZYRglBMKIqt4 Fia379JmHwTvavnFkJ8XMZ56UB0FIrgS+sUkRH6cPRQR+7Qi392LD021DXgSsz9CwFHjFyBG HwLEOTRcfYQbtJy0shHDJB4aQTOX3ERDH1PsvJNuevmQMzS0DWFav9+xMz9rKP4N+HffoBIZ E0C1xIE43nD4eLsbycte9sVIrmlNuUti3qUxJAQw8HwfJ6ZbBInHxquApR16uD1u99o6Xlnd FrDlY22tRmHCM0bR81GfGNdcU3Uo+rG/R/k4qa7s9/dgKvMbyH3fHhp/ceKag80Xo8IFurRl 0ZJP3sHJ2QDHCVLat7jRZ+43hi1WlIhFbrgn6IyI0i7XR/W8JjrC5MsKq4TUwGH077sU/kcH YebVJZRbUUst2hAGHDFVBcG12qoKf+ltL9qXJc1y7BGeCoUW6QjOpljpq6ZL4FQUsM0RSRjs 5egE3szPcIf5SyPK6WDOApoAq6M7BBFMGDZwEylYMtr0YekA1u86UA9D2xwLHEbBBp/uiby1 c9JbPJ1Pn8zJP8WZNeRw4Q9TtqVK09+oLirMUSpIDd6KdZ1VgRxOK2re7tjDvkVuYsSrsiJ+ 1iJNEnp9iK0ok0DlJpSCe6KhkxpaTdeoWMXdKuJWec0NIqoAd54ZgBPnr+UPxTixgPq/p6Q= In-Reply-To: <487DB217-EA37-4139-AB97-B61B04ECAEA7.1@smtp-inbound1.duck.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 12/2/24 13:47, punch-hassle-guise@duck.com wrote: > It would appear that I have a fundamental misunderstanding > of either the english language or the psql man page. > 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