Re: [GENERAL] How to pass the password for login in psql

2005-07-19 Thread Scott Marlowe
FYI, this is deprecated in favor of a .pgpass file.

See:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:01, Oisin Glynn wrote:
> BAT FILE SHOULD CONTAIN
> 
> set PGPASSWORD=postgres
> "psql.exe" MYDATABASE -U postgres -f mysqlfile.sql
> 
> 
> Oisin
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> From: "Josef Springer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > i want to use psql using the --username option. But i do not find an
> > option to pass the password. I want to use psql in a batch, so i want to
> > automate it.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Josef Springer
> > 
> > 
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Re: [GENERAL] How to pass the password for login in psql

2005-07-19 Thread Tom Lane
Josef Springer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i want to use psql using the --username option. But i do not find an
> option to pass the password.

There are very good reasons for that.

> I want to use psql in a batch, so i want to automate it.

Consider using a ~/.pgpass file.

regards, tom lane

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Re: [GENERAL] How to pass the password for login in psql

2005-07-19 Thread Oisin Glynn

BAT FILE SHOULD CONTAIN

set PGPASSWORD=postgres
"psql.exe" MYDATABASE -U postgres -f mysqlfile.sql


Oisin
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From: "Josef Springer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] How to pass the password for login in psql



Hi,

i want to use psql using the --username option. But i do not find an
option to pass the password. I want to use psql in a batch, so i want to
automate it.

Best Regards,
Josef Springer




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[GENERAL] How to pass the password for login in psql

2005-07-19 Thread Josef Springer

Hi,

i want to use psql using the --username option. But i do not find an
option to pass the password. I want to use psql in a batch, so i want to
automate it.

Best Regards,
Josef Springer




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