Re: Joe Conway 2019-03-29 <f579fde8-8266-f2d6-4ba1-91c6046bc...@joeconway.com> > >> echo "\password :\"role\"" | psql -v role='my role' > > > > It is on-topic because the reason we can't just tell people to replace > > createuser $foo > > with > > psql -c "create user $foo" > > is because $foo might need escaping. > > > > IMHO if we find an way to do that which is acceptable for sh scripts, > > the createuser/... commands could go. > > I think these commands *were* once (at least some of them) shell scripts > and we went to executable C in order to make them work on Windows, IIRC.
I meant the interface to these programs. It needs to be something people can use in sh scripts without wtf'ing. The :\"weirdness\" | cited above is IMHO not acceptable. Christoph
