Re: psql - add ability to test whether a variable exists
Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
From: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-08-26T17:55:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Attachments
- psql-ifdef-2.patch (text/x-diff) patch
> Any colon prefixed syntax can be made to work because it is enough for the
> lexer to detect and handle... so
>
> :{defined varname}
>
> may be an option, although I do not like the space much because it adds some
> fuzzyness in the lexer which has to process it. It is probably doable,
> though. I like having a "?" because there is a question. Other
> suggestions somehow in line with your proposal could be
> :{?varname}
> :{varname?}
> what do you think?
Here is a version with the :{?varname} syntax.
--
Fabien.
Commits
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Provide a test for variable existence in psql
- d57c7a7c5062 11.0 landed