On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 01:36:17AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> writes: > > \eset variable [, variable [..]] query -- it raise exception when > > more than one row is returned or when no row is returned > > Better would be a variant on \g, that is you type in the query and > then tell it where to put the result. We have learned the hard way > that putting SQL commands into the arguments of backslash commands > is a horrid idea. Maybe > > select x,y,... from ... > \gset var1 var2 ...
How about \gset var1,,,var2,var3... The above shows how one would skip assigning variables in the target list, which one might want to do. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
