Debug SQL in pgAdmin when SQL contains variables

Question

In SQL Server I could copy sql code out of an application and paste it into SSMS, declare & assign vars that exist in the sql and run. yay great debugging scenario.

Answer 1

You can achieve this using the PREPARE, EXECUTE, DEALLOCATE commands for handling statements, which is really what we are talking about here.

For example:

PREPARE test AS SELECT * FROM users WHERE first_name = $1;
EXECUTE test ('paul');
DEALLOCATE test;

Perhaps not as graphical as some may like, but certainly workable.