From: Chad Wagner <chad.wagner@gmail.com>
To: Karthikeyan Sundaram <skarthi98@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] question on passing parameter in sql query
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:56:12 -0500
Message-ID: <81961ff50702071756j62247349k7062839ec44901a5@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY131-F28E2CC1D1B622B218CD5C3B09D0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY131-F28E2CC1D1B622B218CD5C3B09D0@phx.gbl>
On 2/7/07, Karthikeyan Sundaram <skarthi98@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't want to compare with Oracle and postgres. But I have a
> situation.
> I am using psql command line tool supplied by postgres.
>
> In Oracle I can say
>
> select * from emp where emp_id = &1
>
> Oracle will ask:
> Enter a value for 1:
>
> If I enter 10, then Oracle will get the empid=10
>
> What is the equal command in postgres ?
>
It can be done, but it is a bit "different" and this method is UNIX
dependent:
test=# create table data (x integer not null primary key);
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "data_pkey"
for table "data"
CREATE TABLE
test=# insert into data values (1),(2),(3),(4);
INSERT 0 4
test=# \set foo `head -1`
3
test=# \echo :foo
3
test=# select * from data where x = :foo;
x
---
3
(1 row)
I don't believe it automatically prompts the way Oracle does. It would be
nice if there was a built-in "\prompt [VARIABLE] [TEXT]".
--
Chad
http://www.postgresqlforums.com/
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