PostgreSQL: How to pass parameters from command line?

Question

I have a somewhat detailed query in a script that uses ? placeholders. I wanted to test this same query directly from the psql command line (outside the script

Answer 1

Found out in PostgreSQL, you can PREPARE statements just like you can in a scripting language. Unfortunately, you still can't use ?, but you can use $n notation.

Using the above example:

PREPARE foo(text,text,text) AS
    SELECT  * 
    FROM    foobar
    WHERE   foo = $1
       AND  bar = $2
        OR  baz = $3  ;
EXECUTE foo('foo','bar','baz');
DEALLOCATE foo;