The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4040 Logged by: Mika Fischer Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3.0 Operating system: Ubuntu Linux 8.4 beta Description: psql should provide option to not prompt for password Details:
Hi, I'm currently working on the bash-completion package. The problem with postgresql is that psql cannot safely be called because there is no way to know whether it will prompt for a password and there is also no way to avoid the prompt. Needless to say a password prompt is very bad in the context of tab-completion. Ideally, psql should provide an option --no-password which would cause it to never promt for a password, and in case one is needed, fail as if a wrong one was given. However if you can think of an easier way to accomplish this, I'd be grateful for pointers. Thanks for considering, Mika -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
