On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 02:40, Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10) wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 01:33, Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10) wrote: > > Hi all, > > For the project that I am working on , we are using Postgresql 7.4.3 on > > Linux 7.2. We have all the database tables,triggers and stored procedures > as > > seperate .sql files which we want to ship as part of our software. Now > when > > the user installs our software, we need to check if postmaster service is > > running or not and if it is running, then we have to run the sql files > > automatically. Can anyone help me out on how to run the .sql files > > automatically. > > Something like psql dbname <sqlfile.sql will do. If psql isn't in the > path, then /path/to/psql dbname <sqlfile.sql > > > Hi Scott, > What we really require is, if we ship the .sql files as part of our software > package, the user should not do anything. The software when it installs > should automatically run the .sql files without the user intervention. We > dont want the user to check for the .sql files and run the above command > himself. We want to automate that in our software. Is that possible in > postgresql. If yes, how to do it. If no, is there any alternative solution. > I can think of one alternative that is to write a shell script.
That's pretty much what I was thinking when I made my suggestion. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
