Here is a refinement of my psql.bat file that I just received from a senior member at utteracces.com
cd "\program files" cd postgreSQL cd 8.1 cd bin psql -U postgres template1 --------------------------------- You could shorten this to Code: --------------------------------- cd "\Program Files\postgreSQL\8.1\bin" psql -U postgres template1 --------------------------------- You also might want to ensure that the user is "on" the correct drive (most likely this is the C: drive). If so: Code: --------------------------------- c: cd "\Program Files\postgreSQL\8.1\bin" psql -U postgres template1 --------------------------------- And if you don't want any echoing of the commands to the command window (wouldn't be necessary if this is used in a shortcut or other non-console situation): Code: --------------------------------- @echo off c: cd "\Program Files\postgreSQL\8.1\bin" psql -U postgres template1 --------------------------------- And, here is my reply: For a long time, I did not know how to use notepad to save something with a suffix other than .txt and then someone showed me that if you "psql.bat" , and choose allfiles type, then it will save with the .bat ending. Before I learned that, I used to save as .txt, then go to the dos prompt and say REN *.TXT *.BAT (in a folder which has only my .txt file). It also helped me to fine a freeware text editor called pspad which helps a lot with such tasks, as well as html and php. Philippe Salama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for your help! And thanks to your help, I was able to figure out the following, as a psql.bat file on drive C: cd program files cd postgreSQL cd 8.1 cd bin psql -U postgres template1 I could not figure out how to make a path work in the .bat file if there is a space in PROGRAM FILES. But it words if I just to a CD to each directory. I have a paperback on PostgreSQL in which most of the exercises use the command line prompt. Although I have found admin programs that allow me to access PostgreSQL nicely, I want to learn about the command line. I also have a 1984 book on SQL by Lantimes, and I put all the exercise tables int o MySQL. Then, I exported the tables to an SQL script, and modified the script so that it would run in PostgreSQL. If anyone is interested, I can provide that script. I would also like to go through the some of Joe Celko's books, like SQL for Smarties, and I plan to put the test tables into PostgreSQL and also MySQL. But if anyone has any test tables from SQL instruction books, let me know. I will be happy to share what I have with others if there is some interest. I feel that if the test data for such SQL exercises is made available on the Internet, then it will encourage more people to learn SQL. --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.
