| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "sami" <sami(dot)jan(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: dropdb cmd line args |
| Date: | 2006-09-30 20:52:33 |
| Message-ID: | 16844.1159649553@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"sami" <sami(dot)jan(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> When I give the program the following arguments, it throws up an error:
>> dropdb -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres - W password dataBaseToDrop
-W does not take the password as an argument on the command line, it
just forces a prompt for the password. (Which will happen anyway if
needed, so really -W is a waste of typing.)
Also, I hope you weren't really spelling it with a space between the
dash and the W...
regards, tom lane
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