On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 03:27, Gurudutt wrote:
> Hello Dmitry,
>
> Yes!! I fully agree with what you say, the option should've been there
> in pg_dump just the way it is in mysql_dump.
IIRC, it has been discussed, but was rejected because passing a password
on a command line cannot generally be made secure.
Responding to a propmt can. A variety of other methods can. But command
lines are sniffable in many (most? all?) environments.
--
Karl