Flyway and Postgres meta-commands

Question

I would like to use psql meta-commands (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/app-psql.htm) with flyway. However, when I do something like

\set foo bar

I get this exception:

[flyway:migrate] com.googlecode.flyway.core.exception.FlywayException: Error executing statement at line 4: \set foo bar
[flyway:migrate] Caused by org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "\"
[flyway:migrate]   Position: 1

I suppose that the psql interpreter is not running. Is that correct? Is there a way to use something like meta-commands? Should I just make more extensive use of flyway placeholders?

Answer 1

psql commands ONLY work via the psql client. Client drivers do not implement these commands.