This is a discussion on Re: Win32-postgresql command line password within the pgsql Admins forums, part of the PostgreSQL category; --> Pascal Van Puymbroeck wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the best method but I use the: > ...
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| Pascal Van Puymbroeck wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the best method but I use the: > > pgsql -d dbase -U ppk -f e:\\Test.imp < passwd.txt > > Where passwd.txt holds the password for the user specified. Also see .pgpass in the libpq manual section. It allows you to store passwords in a file for use by psql and all other libpq applications. On Win32 the file is stored in %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf. We should mention this in the psql manual page and I will add a mention for 8.1. Thanks. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly |
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