Re: Pass password in scripts?

Jan:

When I try that, I get:

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql: option `--password' doesn't allow an argument

Thanks,
Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Jan Danielsson
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:32 PM
To: Neil Aggarwal
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Pass password in scripts?

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have several scripts I would like to run against a database.
>
> With mysql, I can pass the password to the database in
> the command line call to the terminal client.
>
> Is there a way to do that with psql?

You mean like:

$ psql --user=foobar --password=boofar < script.sql

Another possibility, if you don't want the password to be visible to
other users on the system, is to use the ~/.pgpass file. See:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/libpq-pgpass.html

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Kind regards,
Jan Danielsson