At 11:01 AM 1/29/02 +0800, Lau NH wrote:
>Hi all,
> I am writing a php script to backup my postgres database through web
> interface, but my database is password required. When I do a pg_dump at
> the linux shell prompt, it will prompt for password in order to backup
> the database, does anyone know how to pass this password with the pg_dump
> command together so that I can do it using php system call?
>
I was just reading up on this subject, and it suggests using PGPASSWORD in
the environment. I have not tried that yet, but think all the passwords
must be the same.
It is sometimes unclear to me when challenged for a password, logged in as
postgres, whether or not they want the database password I am working on,
or postgres'. So far, it appears to be asking for the postgres password.
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