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> BTW, what is the best current practice to pass ->connect () > $password to a command-line Perl script? Best practice for Postgres (DBD::Pg) is to use a pgpass file: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-pgpass.html > Both specifying it via a command-line argument or via an > environment variable (DBI_PASS) is insecure, as on some systems > this information could easily be seen by the other users on the > same host. Well, how cross-system are you aiming to be? On some systems, this information is not visible to others, so problem solved. :) - -- Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201102161117 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAk1b+LkACgkQvJuQZxSWSshjoACbBwrZFbIxecTYLfe8LruyY12g 15gAnjgobB1xf628eRnx6w6tEm3XFe7e =bHIe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
