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Hi,

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Hemapriya wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to connect to postgres from a
> shell script using password. If i use psql -UUser db
> -W option it prompts for password everytime.. 
> Is there anyway we can have the password included in
> psql login command.?

Try environmental variables. I use this one:

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export PGPASSWORD=password
export PGUSER=username
psql dbname
==========================

Using ~/.pgpass might be another alternative.

Regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ          
devrim~gunduz.org                               devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr 
                        http://www.tdmsoft.com
                        http://www.gunduz.org
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