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To: chester c young <chestercyoung@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: quoted variables in pgsql 
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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chester c young <chestercyoung@yahoo.com> writes:
> cannot get those quotes around the value.

Use backslashes.

regression=# \set var '\'value\''
regression=# \echo :var
'value'

			regards, tom lane