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Re: [SQL] How to create crude report with psql and/or plpgsql

Andrew G. Hammond <drew@xyzzy.dhs.org>

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From: "Andrew G. Hammond" <drew@xyzzy.dhs.org>
To: Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan@nsd.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-03-19T18:21:16Z
Lists: pgsql-general, pgsql-sql 
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 01:07:58PM -0500, Jean-Luc Lachance wrote:

> I did not find any kind of print statement in psql or plpgsql.
> So, how can I create basic report with psql and/or plpgsql?
> Nothing fancy, page header/footer sub-totals per page.

Errr... psql is a database query tool.  There's not much available 
for doing that kind of thing.  That said, why not just write a 
script to do it:

#!/bin/sh
echo <<END
<html><head><title>This is a title</title></head>
<body>
<!-- header -->
END

# do the query
psql --html --command 'SELECT * FROM foo' my_dbase

echo <<END
<!-- footer -->
</body></html>
END

Of course if you really insist on doing it in psql, you could just
write SELECT statements that select a preset string.  Ugly, but 
it would work:

SELECT '<html><head><title>... '::text;

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