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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: 2002-03-19T18:41:09Z
Lists: pgsql-general, pgsql-sql 
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 01:33:13PM -0500, Jean-Luc Lachance wrote:

> I do not need HTML, just plain text

So just do it in plain text then:

#!/bin/sh
echo <<END
This is plain text.  It's not that hard.
END

psql --command 'SELECT * FROM foo' my_dbase

echo <<END
This is more plain text.  Still pretty simple, eh?
END

You may also want to RTFM in the psql manual about \pset and the -f
option.

>  or maybe PDF.

Please don't use bad words.  PDF is a proprietary format.  Beware.
   
> It would be nice if there was one extra level for RAISE as in:
> RAISE PRINT 'Whatever' 
> That would not send the message the log but only to the console.
> One could do alot with that.

Something wrong with using
SELECT 'whatever';
or didn't you even read as far as the end of my first message?

> "Andrew G. Hammond" wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> >

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