I think I found my own answer. I wanted to use the current linux user's
uid as part of a query (again, this is a perl/DBI script). I was thinking
I might be able to set a variable into the DB session somehow using \set
through DBI to accomplish this. The solution that finally occurred to me
was to create a temporary table and have the perl script shove the uid into
a column in that table, then query against that. Sort of like using a temp
table to store variables set from outside.
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 11:46 AM, David G. Johnston <
david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, David Gauthier <davegauthie...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> Is there a way to do the equivalent of a "\set foo 1" through perl dbi ?
>> I tried...
>> $dbh->do("\\set foo 1");
>> and got a syntax error
>>
>> Of course, I'd also have to be able to access the value of foo once its
>> set. I'm guessing the usual way ??? (select :foo)
>>
>>
> No. Meta commands are psql client program only. You'd need to explain
> why you want this to get reasonable server-side suggestions.
>
> David J.
>
>
