Hi, On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 07:49:09AM -0300, Marcos Pegoraro wrote: > > > > For example, if I define a variable called "relkind", then psql's \sv > > meta-command is broken because the query it performs can't distinguish > > between the column and the variable. > > > If variables use : as prefix you´ll never have these conflicts. > > select relkind from pg_class where relkind = :relkind
This is already used by psql client side variables, so this is not an option.