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From: Jeff Boes <jeff@endpoint.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: psql client: technique for applying default values to :variables?
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:54:46 -0500
Message-ID: <43C910B6.9080904@endpoint.com> (raw)
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Tony Wasson wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On 1/11/06, Jeff Boes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeff@endpoint.com">&lt;jeff@endpoint.com&gt;</a> wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">Stumped: is there any way to set up default values for psql variables
within the .SQL file itself? Obviously, I can do something like:

$ psql -f my_script -v MYVAR=${myvar:-mydefault}

but I would prefer to have the value stored with the .SQL file, e.g. (if
this actually worked):

\set MYVAR COALESCE(:MYVAR,'mydefault')
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Stuff like this works for me in a SQL file....

\set edate 'CURRENT_DATE::DATE'

SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE update_date = :edate;
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Sure, but that was not my question. I want to be able to set the
variable on the command line, BUT have it default to a value inside the
SQL script if not present on the command line.<br>
<br>
<tt>$ psql -v edate=2004-01-01<br>
...<br>
=&gt; \set edate 'CURRENT_DATE::DATE'<br>
=&gt; select :edate;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; date<br>
------------<br>
&nbsp;2006-01-14<br>
<br>
<br>
</tt><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Jeffery Boes  &lt;&gt;&lt;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeff@endpoint.com">jeff@endpoint.com</a>
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