Re: [GENERAL] script variables

2005-03-15 Thread Richard Huxton
Paul Cunningham wrote: I use a bash script (similar to following example) to update tables. psql -v passed_in_var=\'some_value\' -f script_name Is it possible to pass a value back from psql to the bash script? You can pass the textual output of psql back with backticks: echo `psql ...` --

[GENERAL] script variables

2005-03-14 Thread Paul Cunningham
I use a bash script (similar to following example) to update tables. psql -v passed_in_var=\'some_value\' -f script_name Is it possible to pass a value back from psql to the bash script? Thanks, Paul Cunningham ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: ex