From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: andret.NOSPAM@atio.co.za
Subject: Re: string variable with spaces in psql
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 11:21:15 +0200
Message-ID: <3E8D4E8B.1000402@rodos.fzk.de> (raw)
>
> I need to define a variable in psql, but the variable needs to contain a
> space:
>
> This is what I want to do;
>
> \set theName '\''John Nobody '\''
> SELECT add_agent( :theName, 'Test Company', 'Test Department' );
>
> ...
> etc
>
> Unfortunately psql removes the space, so that theName = 'JohnNobody'
>
> What do i need to do to preserve the space?
>
Did you try
\set theName "John Nobody "
Regards, Christoph
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