Re: newbie question: reading sql commands from script

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 20:39 -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
> In psql, look at \i.
>
> Sean
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: basel novo
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:28 PM
> Subject: [GENERAL] newbie question: reading sql commands from
> script files
>
>
> What is the equivalent of the mysql 'source' command for
> reading sql
> commands from ascii script files?

Also, for shell scripting, there are command line options:

psql -f filename

or redirection:

psql < filename

(the former gives line numbers), or for a single command:

psql -c "sql command"

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