Re: Specifying psql password on command line

preety simple.. In ur shell script use

psql -h localhost ur_db -U ur_user_name <<EOF
ur_passwd
ur_sql_script.sql
EOF

is this is too much of a botheration u can set the environment variables
PGUSER and PGPASSWD

Hope this helps
Anand

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 05:59:28PM -0700, Tauren Mills wrote:
>I've read the documentation for the psql commands as well as the createdb
>and dropdb commands. It looks like there is no way to specify the password
>on the command line. The password is always provided in the form of a stdin
>prompt.
>
>This makes it very difficult to use the commands from a shell script or a
>cron job. The same with redirecting to/from a file or piping it
>somewhere. It seems like there must be some way to specify the password on
>the command line.
>
>Am I missing something? Any workarounds?
>
>Thanks,
>Tauren
>
>
>
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