X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E7F1D1D22D for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 20:05:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07395-02 for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 20:05:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1623D1D219 for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 20:05:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4CN5bFa029759; Wed, 12 May 2004 19:05:37 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jie Liang" Cc: "Christian Kratzer" , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] \set In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Jie Liang" message dated "Wed, 12 May 2004 14:59:38 -0700" Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 19:05:37 -0400 Message-ID: <29758.1084403137@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200405/119 X-Sequence-Number: 13435 "Jie Liang" writes: > You will see AAA associate with 'whatever', it's an internal variable, > but how could I use it in my SQL query? regression=# \set AAA 'whatever' regression=# select :AAA; ERROR: column "whatever" does not exist regression=# \set AAA '\'whatever\'' regression=# select :AAA; ?column? ---------- whatever (1 row) regards, tom lane