Here is a v14, after yet another rebase, and some comments added to answer your new comments.

Attached v15 is a simple rebase after Teodor push of new functions & operators in pgbench.

Patch v16 is a rebase.

--
Fabien.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index d52d324..203b6bc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -900,6 +900,51 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> 
</optional> <replaceable>d
   </para>
 
   <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry id='pgbench-metacommand-gset'>
+    <term>
+     <literal>\cset [<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>]</literal> or
+     <literal>\gset [<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>]</literal>
+    </term>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      These commands may be used to end SQL queries, replacing a semicolon.
+      <literal>\cset</literal> replaces an embedded semicolon 
(<literal>\;</literal>) within
+      a compound SQL command, and <literal>\gset</literal> replaces a final
+      (<literal>;</literal>) semicolon which ends the SQL command. 
+     </para>
+
+     <para>
+      When these commands are used, the preceding SQL query is expected to
+      return one row, the columns of which are stored into variables named 
after
+      column names, and prefixed with <replaceable>prefix</replaceable> if 
provided.
+     </para>
+
+     <para>
+      The following example puts the final account balance from the first query
+      into variable <replaceable>abalance</replaceable>, and fills variables
+      <replaceable>one</replaceable>, <replaceable>two</replaceable> and
+      <replaceable>p_three</replaceable> with integers from a compound query.
+<programlisting>
+UPDATE pgbench_accounts
+  SET abalance = abalance + :delta
+  WHERE aid = :aid
+  RETURNING abalance \gset
+-- compound of two queries
+SELECT 1 AS one, 2 AS two \cset
+SELECT 3 AS three \gset p_
+</programlisting>
+     </para>
+
+     <note>
+      <para>
+        <literal>\cset</literal> and <literal>\gset</literal> commands do not 
work when
+        empty SQL queries appear within a compound SQL command.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
    <varlistentry>
     <term><literal>\if</literal> <replaceable 
class="parameter">expression</replaceable></term>
     <term><literal>\elif</literal> <replaceable 
class="parameter">expression</replaceable></term>
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 894571e..4a8595f 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -434,12 +434,15 @@ static const char *QUERYMODE[] = {"simple", "extended", 
"prepared"};
 
 typedef struct
 {
-       char       *line;                       /* text of command line */
+       char       *line;                       /* first line for short display 
*/
+       char       *lines;                      /* full multi-line text of 
command */
        int                     command_num;    /* unique index of this Command 
struct */
        int                     type;                   /* command type 
(SQL_COMMAND or META_COMMAND) */
        MetaCommand meta;                       /* meta command identifier, or 
META_NONE */
        int                     argc;                   /* number of command 
words */
        char       *argv[MAX_ARGS]; /* command word list */
+       int             compound;       /* last compound command (number of \;) 
*/
+       char      **gset;           /* per-compound command prefix */
        PgBenchExpr *expr;                      /* parsed expression, if needed 
*/
        SimpleStats stats;                      /* time spent in this command */
 } Command;
@@ -1591,6 +1594,104 @@ valueTruth(PgBenchValue *pval)
        }
 }
 
+/* read all responses from backend */
+static bool
+read_response(CState *st, char **gset)
+{
+       PGresult   *res;
+       int                     compound = 0;
+
+       while ((res = PQgetResult(st->con)) != NULL)
+       {
+               switch (PQresultStatus(res))
+               {
+                       case PGRES_COMMAND_OK: /* non-SELECT commands */
+                       case PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY: /* may be used for testing 
no-op overhead */
+                               if (gset[compound] != NULL)
+                               {
+                                       fprintf(stderr,
+                                                       "client %d file %d 
command %d compound %d: "
+                                                       "\\gset expects a 
row\n",
+                                                       st->id, st->use_file, 
st->command, compound);
+                                       st->ecnt++;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                               break; /* OK */
+
+                       case PGRES_TUPLES_OK:
+                               if (gset[compound] != NULL)
+                               {
+                                       /* store result into variables */
+                                       int ntuples = PQntuples(res),
+                                               nfields = PQnfields(res),
+                                               f;
+
+                                       if (ntuples != 1)
+                                       {
+                                               fprintf(stderr,
+                                                               "client %d file 
%d command %d compound %d: "
+                                                               "expecting one 
row, got %d\n",
+                                                               st->id, 
st->use_file, st->command, compound, ntuples);
+                                               st->ecnt++;
+                                               PQclear(res);
+                                               discard_response(st);
+                                               return false;
+                                       }
+
+                                       for (f = 0; f < nfields ; f++)
+                                       {
+                                               char *varname = PQfname(res, f);
+                                               if (*gset[compound] != '\0')
+                                                       varname = 
psprintf("%s%s", gset[compound], varname);
+
+                                               /* store result as a string */
+                                               if (!putVariable(st, "gset", 
varname,
+                                                                               
 PQgetvalue(res, 0, f)))
+                                               {
+                                                       /* internal error, 
should it rather abort? */
+                                                       fprintf(stderr,
+                                                                       "client 
%d file %d command %d compound %d: "
+                                                                       "error 
storing into var %s\n",
+                                                                       st->id, 
st->use_file, st->command, compound,
+                                                                       
varname);
+                                                       st->ecnt++;
+                                                       PQclear(res);
+                                                       discard_response(st);
+                                                       return false;
+                                               }
+
+                                               if (*gset[compound] != '\0')
+                                                       free(varname);
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               break;  /* OK */
+
+                       default:
+                               /* everything else is unexpected, so probably 
an error */
+                               fprintf(stderr,
+                                               "client %d file %d aborted in 
command %d compound %d: %s",
+                                               st->id, st->use_file, 
st->command, compound,
+                                               PQerrorMessage(st->con));
+                               st->ecnt++;
+                               PQclear(res);
+                               discard_response(st);
+                               return false;
+               }
+
+               PQclear(res);
+               compound += 1;
+       }
+
+       if (compound == 0)
+       {
+               fprintf(stderr, "client %d command %d: no results\n", st->id, 
st->command);
+               st->ecnt++;
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       return true;
+}
+
 /* get a value as an int, tell if there is a problem */
 static bool
 coerceToInt(PgBenchValue *pval, int64 *ival)
@@ -2666,7 +2767,6 @@ evaluateSleep(CState *st, int argc, char **argv, int 
*usecs)
 static void
 doCustom(TState *thread, CState *st, StatsData *agg)
 {
-       PGresult   *res;
        Command    *command;
        instr_time      now;
        bool            end_tx_processed = false;
@@ -3142,26 +3242,12 @@ doCustom(TState *thread, CState *st, StatsData *agg)
                                if (PQisBusy(st->con))
                                        return;         /* don't have the whole 
result yet */
 
-                               /*
-                                * Read and discard the query result;
-                                */
-                               res = PQgetResult(st->con);
-                               switch (PQresultStatus(res))
-                               {
-                                       case PGRES_COMMAND_OK:
-                                       case PGRES_TUPLES_OK:
-                                       case PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY:
-                                               /* OK */
-                                               PQclear(res);
-                                               discard_response(st);
-                                               st->state = CSTATE_END_COMMAND;
-                                               break;
-                                       default:
-                                               commandFailed(st, "SQL", 
PQerrorMessage(st->con));
-                                               PQclear(res);
-                                               st->state = CSTATE_ABORTED;
-                                               break;
-                               }
+                               /* read and discard the query results */
+                               if (read_response(st, command->gset))
+                                       st->state = CSTATE_END_COMMAND;
+                               else
+                                       st->state = CSTATE_ABORTED;
+
                                break;
 
                                /*
@@ -3824,8 +3910,7 @@ parseQuery(Command *cmd)
        char       *sql,
                           *p;
 
-       /* We don't want to scribble on cmd->argv[0] until done */
-       sql = pg_strdup(cmd->argv[0]);
+       sql = pg_strdup(cmd->lines);
 
        cmd->argc = 1;
 
@@ -3849,7 +3934,7 @@ parseQuery(Command *cmd)
                if (cmd->argc >= MAX_ARGS)
                {
                        fprintf(stderr, "statement has too many arguments 
(maximum is %d): %s\n",
-                                       MAX_ARGS - 1, cmd->argv[0]);
+                                       MAX_ARGS - 1, cmd->lines);
                        pg_free(name);
                        return false;
                }
@@ -3861,7 +3946,7 @@ parseQuery(Command *cmd)
                cmd->argc++;
        }
 
-       pg_free(cmd->argv[0]);
+       Assert(cmd->argv[0] == NULL);
        cmd->argv[0] = sql;
        return true;
 }
@@ -3920,22 +4005,10 @@ syntax_error(const char *source, int lineno,
        exit(1);
 }
 
-/*
- * Parse a SQL command; return a Command struct, or NULL if it's a comment
- *
- * On entry, psqlscan.l has collected the command into "buf", so we don't
- * really need to do much here except check for comment and set up a
- * Command struct.
- */
-static Command *
-process_sql_command(PQExpBuffer buf, const char *source)
+static char *
+skip_sql_comments(char *p)
 {
-       Command    *my_command;
-       char       *p;
-       char       *nlpos;
-
        /* Skip any leading whitespace, as well as "--" style comments */
-       p = buf->data;
        for (;;)
        {
                if (isspace((unsigned char) *p))
@@ -3955,24 +4028,86 @@ process_sql_command(PQExpBuffer buf, const char *source)
        if (*p == '\0')
                return NULL;
 
+       return p;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse a SQL command; return a Command struct, or NULL if it's a comment
+ *
+ * On entry, psqlscan.l has collected the command into "buf", so we don't
+ * really need to do much here except check for comment and set up a
+ * Command struct.
+ */
+static Command *
+create_sql_command(PQExpBuffer buf, const char *source, int compounds)
+{
+       Command    *my_command;
+       char       *p = skip_sql_comments(buf->data);
+
+       if (p == NULL)
+               return NULL;
+
        /* Allocate and initialize Command structure */
        my_command = (Command *) pg_malloc0(sizeof(Command));
        my_command->command_num = num_commands++;
        my_command->type = SQL_COMMAND;
        my_command->meta = META_NONE;
+       my_command->argc = 0;
+       my_command->compound = compounds;
+       my_command->gset = pg_malloc0(sizeof(char *) * (compounds+1));
        initSimpleStats(&my_command->stats);
 
-       /*
-        * Install query text as the sole argv string.  If we are using a
-        * non-simple query mode, we'll extract parameters from it later.
-        */
-       my_command->argv[0] = pg_strdup(p);
-       my_command->argc = 1;
+       my_command->lines = pg_strdup(p);
+
+       return my_command;
+}
+
+/*
+ * append "more" text to current compound command which may have been
+ * interrupted by \cset.
+ */
+static void
+append_sql_command(Command *my_command, char *more, int compounds)
+{
+       size_t  lmore;
+       size_t  len = strlen(my_command->lines);
+       int             nc;
+
+       Assert(my_command->type == SQL_COMMAND && len > 0);
+
+       more = skip_sql_comments(more);
+
+       if (more == NULL)
+               return;
+
+       /* append command text, embedding a ';' in place of the \cset */
+       lmore = strlen(more);
+       my_command->lines = pg_realloc(my_command->lines, len + lmore + 2);
+       my_command->lines[len] = ';';
+       memcpy(my_command->lines + len + 1, more, lmore + 1);
+
+       /* update number of compounds and extend array of prefixes */
+       nc = my_command->compound + 1 + compounds;
+       my_command->gset =
+               pg_realloc(my_command->gset, sizeof(char *) * (nc+1));
+       memset(my_command->gset + my_command->compound + 1, 0,
+                  sizeof(char *) * (compounds + 1));
+       my_command->compound = nc;
+}
+
+static void
+postprocess_sql_command(Command *my_command)
+{
+       char       *nlpos;
+       char       *p;
+
+       Assert(my_command->type == SQL_COMMAND);
 
        /*
         * If SQL command is multi-line, we only want to save the first line as
-        * the "line" label.
+        * the "line" label for display.
         */
+       p = my_command->lines;
        nlpos = strchr(p, '\n');
        if (nlpos)
        {
@@ -3983,7 +4118,21 @@ process_sql_command(PQExpBuffer buf, const char *source)
        else
                my_command->line = pg_strdup(p);
 
-       return my_command;
+       /* parse query if necessary */
+       switch (querymode)
+       {
+               case QUERY_SIMPLE:
+                       my_command->argv[0] = my_command->lines;
+                       my_command->argc++;
+                       break;
+               case QUERY_EXTENDED:
+               case QUERY_PREPARED:
+                       if (!parseQuery(my_command))
+                               exit(1);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       exit(1);
+       }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4151,6 +4300,13 @@ process_backslash_command(PsqlScanState sstate, const 
char *source)
                        syntax_error(source, lineno, my_command->line, 
my_command->argv[0],
                                                 "unexpected argument", NULL, 
-1);
        }
+       else if (pg_strcasecmp(my_command->argv[0], "gset") == 0 ||
+                        pg_strcasecmp(my_command->argv[0], "cset") == 0)
+       {
+               if (my_command->argc > 2)
+                       syntax_error(source, lineno, my_command->line, 
my_command->argv[0],
+                                                "at most one argument 
expected", NULL, -1);
+       }
        else
        {
                /* my_command->meta == META_NONE */
@@ -4231,6 +4387,9 @@ ParseScript(const char *script, const char *desc, int 
weight)
        PQExpBufferData line_buf;
        int                     alloc_num;
        int                     index;
+       bool            is_compound = false;
+       int                     lineno;
+       int                     start_offset;
 
 #define COMMANDS_ALLOC_NUM 128
        alloc_num = COMMANDS_ALLOC_NUM;
@@ -4254,6 +4413,7 @@ ParseScript(const char *script, const char *desc, int 
weight)
         * stdstrings should be true, which is a bit riskier.
         */
        psql_scan_setup(sstate, script, strlen(script), 0, true);
+       start_offset = expr_scanner_offset(sstate) - 1;
 
        initPQExpBuffer(&line_buf);
 
@@ -4263,31 +4423,28 @@ ParseScript(const char *script, const char *desc, int 
weight)
        {
                PsqlScanResult sr;
                promptStatus_t prompt;
-               Command    *command;
+               Command    *command = NULL;
 
                resetPQExpBuffer(&line_buf);
+               lineno = expr_scanner_get_lineno(sstate, start_offset);
+
+               sstate->semicolons = 0;
 
                sr = psql_scan(sstate, &line_buf, &prompt);
 
-               /* If we collected a SQL command, process that */
-               command = process_sql_command(&line_buf, desc);
-               if (command)
+               if (is_compound)
                {
-                       ps.commands[index] = command;
-                       index++;
-
-                       if (index >= alloc_num)
-                       {
-                               alloc_num += COMMANDS_ALLOC_NUM;
-                               ps.commands = (Command **)
-                                       pg_realloc(ps.commands, sizeof(Command 
*) * alloc_num);
-                       }
+                       /* a multi-line command ended with \cset */
+                       append_sql_command(ps.commands[index-1], line_buf.data,
+                                                          sstate->semicolons);
+                       is_compound = false;
                }
-
-               /* If we reached a backslash, process that */
-               if (sr == PSCAN_BACKSLASH)
+               else
                {
-                       command = process_backslash_command(sstate, desc);
+                       /* If we collected a new SQL command, process that */
+                       command = create_sql_command(&line_buf, desc, 
sstate->semicolons);
+
+                       /* store new command */
                        if (command)
                        {
                                ps.commands[index] = command;
@@ -4302,6 +4459,67 @@ ParseScript(const char *script, const char *desc, int 
weight)
                        }
                }
 
+               if (sr == PSCAN_BACKSLASH)
+               {
+                       command = process_backslash_command(sstate, desc);
+
+                       if (command)
+                       {
+                               char * bs_cmd = command->argv[0];
+
+                               /* merge gset variants into preceeding SQL 
command */
+                               if (pg_strcasecmp(bs_cmd, "gset") == 0 ||
+                                       pg_strcasecmp(bs_cmd, "cset") == 0)
+                               {
+                                       int             cindex;
+                                       Command *sql_cmd;
+
+                                       is_compound = bs_cmd[0] == 'c';
+
+                                       if (index == 0)
+                                               syntax_error(desc, lineno, 
NULL, NULL,
+                                                                        
"\\gset cannot start a script",
+                                                                        NULL, 
-1);
+
+                                       sql_cmd = ps.commands[index-1];
+
+                                       if (sql_cmd->type != SQL_COMMAND)
+                                               syntax_error(desc, lineno, 
NULL, NULL,
+                                                                        
"\\gset must follow a SQL command",
+                                                                        
sql_cmd->line, -1);
+
+                                       /* this \gset applies to the last 
sub-command */
+                                       cindex = sql_cmd->compound;
+
+                                       if (sql_cmd->gset[cindex] != NULL)
+                                               syntax_error(desc, lineno, 
NULL, NULL,
+                                                                        
"\\gset cannot follow one another",
+                                                                        NULL, 
-1);
+
+                                       /* get variable prefix */
+                                       if (command->argc <= 1 || 
command->argv[1][0] == '\0')
+                                               sql_cmd->gset[cindex] = "";
+                                       else
+                                               sql_cmd->gset[cindex] = 
command->argv[1];
+
+                                       /* cleanup unused backslash command */
+                                       pg_free(command);
+                               }
+                               else /* any other backslash command is a 
Command */
+                               {
+                                       ps.commands[index] = command;
+                                       index++;
+
+                                       if (index >= alloc_num)
+                                       {
+                                               alloc_num += COMMANDS_ALLOC_NUM;
+                                               ps.commands = (Command **)
+                                                       pg_realloc(ps.commands, 
sizeof(Command *) * alloc_num);
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
                /* Done if we reached EOF */
                if (sr == PSCAN_INCOMPLETE || sr == PSCAN_EOL)
                        break;
@@ -5061,28 +5279,19 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                internal_script_used = true;
        }
 
-       /* if not simple query mode, parse the script(s) to find parameters */
-       if (querymode != QUERY_SIMPLE)
-       {
-               for (i = 0; i < num_scripts; i++)
-               {
-                       Command   **commands = sql_script[i].commands;
-                       int                     j;
-
-                       for (j = 0; commands[j] != NULL; j++)
-                       {
-                               if (commands[j]->type != SQL_COMMAND)
-                                       continue;
-                               if (!parseQuery(commands[j]))
-                                       exit(1);
-                       }
-               }
-       }
-
-       /* compute total_weight */
+       /* complete SQL command initializations and collect total weight */
        for (i = 0; i < num_scripts; i++)
+       {
+               Command   **commands = sql_script[i].commands;
+               int                     j;
+
+               for (j = 0; commands[j] != NULL; j++)
+                       if (commands[j]->type == SQL_COMMAND)
+                               postprocess_sql_command(commands[j]);
+
                /* cannot overflow: weight is 32b, total_weight 64b */
                total_weight += sql_script[i].weight;
+       }
 
        if (total_weight == 0 && !is_init_mode)
        {
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.h b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.h
index 6983865..c349477 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.h
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef PGBENCH_H
 #define PGBENCH_H
 
+#include "fe_utils/psqlscan_int.h"
 #include "fe_utils/psqlscan.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/t/001_pgbench_with_server.pl 
b/src/bin/pgbench/t/001_pgbench_with_server.pl
index 7448a96..0b39dee 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/t/001_pgbench_with_server.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/t/001_pgbench_with_server.pl
@@ -417,6 +417,48 @@ pgbench(
 \shell echo shell-echo-output
 } });
 
+# working \gset and \cset
+pgbench(
+       '-t 1', 0,
+       [ qr{type: .*/001_pgbench_gset_and_cset}, qr{processed: 1/1} ],
+       [   qr{command=3.: int 0\b},
+               qr{command=5.: int 1\b},
+               qr{command=6.: int 2\b},
+               qr{command=8.: int 3\b},
+               qr{command=9.: int 4\b},
+               qr{command=10.: int 5\b},
+               qr{command=12.: int 6\b},
+               qr{command=13.: int 7\b},
+               qr{command=14.: int 8\b},
+               qr{command=16.: int 9\b} ],
+       'pgbench gset and cset commands',
+       {   '001_pgbench_gset_and_cset' => q{-- test gset and cset
+-- no columns
+SELECT \gset
+-- one value
+SELECT 0 AS i0 \gset
+\set i debug(:i0)
+-- two values
+SELECT 1 AS i1, 2 AS i2 \gset
+\set i debug(:i1)
+\set i debug(:i2)
+-- cset & gset to follow
+SELECT :i2 + 1 AS i3, :i2 * :i2 AS i4 \cset
+  SELECT 5 AS i5 \gset
+\set i debug(:i3)
+\set i debug(:i4)
+\set i debug(:i5)
+-- with prefix
+SELECT 6 AS i6, 7 AS i7 \cset x_
+  SELECT 8 AS i8 \gset y_
+\set i debug(:x_i6)
+\set i debug(:x_i7)
+\set i debug(:y_i8)
+-- overwrite existing variable
+SELECT 0 AS i9, 9 AS i9 \gset
+\set i debug(:i9)
+} });
+
 # trigger many expression errors
 my @errors = (
 
@@ -569,16 +611,44 @@ SELECT LEAST(:i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i, :i);
                [qr{invalid command .* "nosuchcommand"}], q{\nosuchcommand} ],
        [ 'misc empty script', 1, [qr{empty command list for script}], q{} ],
        [ 'bad boolean', 0, [qr{malformed variable.*trueXXX}], q{\set b 
:badtrue or true} ],
-    );
 
+       # GSET & CSET
+       [   'gset no row',                    0,
+               [qr{expecting one row, got 0\b}], q{SELECT WHERE FALSE \gset} ],
+       [   'cset no row',                    0,
+               [qr{expecting one row, got 0\b}], q{SELECT WHERE FALSE \cset
+SELECT 1 AS i\gset}, 1 ],
+       [ 'gset alone', 1, [qr{gset cannot start a script}], q{\gset} ],
+       [   'gset no SQL',                        1,
+               [qr{gset must follow a SQL command}], q{\set i +1
+\gset} ],
+       [   'gset too many args',                        1,
+               [qr{at most one argument expected}], q{SELECT 1 \gset a b} ],
+       [   'gset after gset',                        1,
+           [qr{gset cannot follow one another}], q{SELECT 1 AS i \gset
+\gset} ],
+       [   'gset non SELECT',
+               0,
+               [qr{gset expects a row}],
+               q{DROP TABLE IF EXISTS no_such_table \gset} ],
+       [   'gset bad default name',
+               0,
+               [qr{error storing into var \?column\?}],
+               q{SELECT 1 \gset} ],
+       [   'gset bad name',
+               0,
+               [qr{error storing into var bad name!}],
+               q{SELECT 1 AS "bad name!" \gset} ],
+       );
 
 for my $e (@errors)
 {
-       my ($name, $status, $re, $script) = @$e;
+       my ($name, $status, $re, $script, $no_prepare) = @$e;
        my $n = '001_pgbench_error_' . $name;
        $n =~ s/ /_/g;
        pgbench(
-               '-n -t 1 -Dfoo=bla -Dnull=null -Dtrue=true -Done=1 -Dzero=0.0 
-Dbadtrue=trueXXX -M prepared',
+               '-n -t 1 -Dfoo=bla -Dnull=null -Dtrue=true -Done=1 -Dzero=0.0 
-Dbadtrue=trueXXX' .
+                       ($no_prepare ? '' : ' -M prepared'),
                $status,
                [ $status ? qr{^$} : qr{processed: 0/1} ],
                $re,
diff --git a/src/fe_utils/psqlscan.l b/src/fe_utils/psqlscan.l
index 1cc587b..efca525 100644
--- a/src/fe_utils/psqlscan.l
+++ b/src/fe_utils/psqlscan.l
@@ -680,8 +680,15 @@ other                      .
         * substitution.  We want these before {self}, also.
         */
 
-"\\"[;:]               {
-                                       /* Force a semicolon or colon into the 
query buffer */
+"\\";                  {
+                                       /* Count compound commands */
+                                       cur_state->semicolons++;
+                                       /* Force a semicolon into the query 
buffer */
+                                       psqlscan_emit(cur_state, yytext + 1, 1);
+                               }
+
+"\\":                  {
+                                       /* Force a colon into the query buffer 
*/
                                        psqlscan_emit(cur_state, yytext + 1, 1);
                                }
 
diff --git a/src/include/fe_utils/psqlscan_int.h 
b/src/include/fe_utils/psqlscan_int.h
index 0be0db6..8ef4abd 100644
--- a/src/include/fe_utils/psqlscan_int.h
+++ b/src/include/fe_utils/psqlscan_int.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct PsqlScanStateData
        int                     start_state;    /* yylex's starting/finishing 
state */
        int                     paren_depth;    /* depth of nesting in 
parentheses */
        int                     xcdepth;                /* depth of nesting in 
slash-star comments */
+       int                     semicolons;             /* number of embedded 
(\;) semi-colons */
        char       *dolqstart;          /* current $foo$ quote start string */
 
        /*

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