On 1/11/06, Jeff Boes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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')
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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