From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Ashok.Agrawal@Sun.COM
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
Subject: Re: User input in psql
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:48:45 +0000
Message-ID: <4369C0DD.60608@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43694E71.4080208@Sun.COM>
References: <43694E71.4080208@Sun.COM>
Ashok Agrawal wrote:
> Hi .
>
> Just wanted to know what is equivalent of "Oracle &" in postgresql.
>
> select count(*) from table1 where id =&1 where sqlplus plus will
> prompt to enter value for 1. I would like to do the same in psql.
There isn't an equivalent feature, I'm afraid. There are variables you
can use, but no interactive prompting.
\set myvar foo
SELECT count(*) FROM table1 WHERE id = :foo;
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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