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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:15:32 -0700
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Steve - DND <postgres@digitalnothing.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Junk queries with variables?
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 10:04:50AM -0700, Steve - DND wrote:

> > \set name '\'Some Name\''
> > SELECT * FROM foo WHERE name = :name;
> 
> Whenever I try the above I get an error at the backslash. Do I need to
> create a different language for this? Right now I only have plpgsql
> available.

Did you try it in psql?  As I mentioned, \set is a psql (client side)
command.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/app-psql.html

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Michael Fuhr
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