Is there a way to get output from a SQL command or function and have it be set to a variable value in psql? My main goal is to execute a certain script depending on the version of the database server (either 8.4 or 9.0). I can dynamically execute a script using the following, but I can't get it to set the myscript variable value based on the version of the database:
\set myscript 'psql_script.sql' \i :myscript However, I would like to be able to have the script executed like this: \set myscript = 'select substring(version() from 12 for 5);' \i :myscript I can obviously select the version into a PL/PGSQL variable, but then I can't execute the script from PL/PGSQL. Thanks, Bobby
