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From: A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to query information schema from shell script
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:46:31 +0200
Message-ID: <20061027134631.GB25572@a-kretschmer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f4c2a010610270631q73de201tb98446f64b942a0e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4f4c2a010610270631q73de201tb98446f64b942a0e@mail.gmail.com>

am  Fri, dem 27.10.2006, um  9:31:03 -0400 mailte Jon Horsman folgendes:
> Hey,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how i can query the postgres information
> schema from a bourne shell script on linux.  I need to know if a
> user/table exists.  Does someone mind giving me a quick example of how

You can do something like this:

bla=`echo "select bla from fasel" | psql -t`

You have then the result in $bla.


Andreas
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