Re: Desirability of client-side expressions in psql?

[Fabien COELHO]

Hello Corey,

   psql> \if :i >= 5

I think we're ok with that so long as none of the operators or values has a
\ in it.
What barriers do you see to re-using the pgbench grammar?

The pgbench expression grammar mimics SQL expression grammar,
on integers, floats, booleans & NULL.

I'm unsure about some special cases in psql (`shell command`,
'text' "identifier"). They can be forbidden on a new commande (\let),
but what happens on "\if ..." which I am afraid allows them is unclear.

--
Fabien.