Re: [INTERFACES] ecpg 'set' failure using host vars

--- pgsql-ecpg/preproc/preproc.y 2008-08-18 16:56:11.000000000 +0200
+++ pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y 2008-08-19 12:29:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -1247,7 +1247,16 @@
;

var_value: opt_boolean { $$ = $1; }
- | AllConst { $$ = $1; }
+ | AllConst { /* we have to check for a variable here because it has to be
+ replaced with its value on the client side */
+ if ($1[1] == '$')
+ {
+ $$ = make_str("$0");
+ free($1);
+ }
+ else
+ $$ = $1;
+ }
| ColId { $$ = $1; }
;

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 08:47:49PM -0700, Bosco Rama wrote:
> exec sql char *sm;
> ...
> sm = "myschema"; // This may not always be constant
> ...
> exec sql set search_path to :sm;

Could you please try the attached patch and tell me whether it works for you? I will then check this in into 8.3 so that the next stable release works again as it should.

Michael
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