Re: Could you teach me, How can we specify password when using psql....

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: 노현석 <noh019(at)naver(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Could you teach me, How can we specify password when using psql....
Date: 2010-08-06 06:15:40
Message-ID: 20100806061540.GK11611@fetter.org
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:35:58PM +0900, 노현석 wrote:
> hi..
>
> when using oracle sqlplus.. we can specify password.
> $ sqlplus system/manager
>
> Could you teach me, How can we specify password when using psql....
> $ psql -p 5432 -h rac2 -d mydb -U hsnoh
> Password for user hsnoh:
>
> Thanks..

Overall, it's better to use a .pgpass (pgpass.conf on Windows)

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

It's also possible, but not recommended, to set an environment
variable.

Cheers,
David.
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