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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Kenji Morishige <kenjim@juniper.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: optimizing db for small table with tons of updates
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:03:54 -0400
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Kenji Morishige wrote:
> I've been stumped as to how to call psql from the command line without it 
> prompting me for a password. Is there a enviornoment variable I can specify for
> the password or something I can place in .pgsql?  I could write a perl wrapper
> around it, but I've been wondering how I can call psql -c without it prompting
> me. Is it possible?

Sure it is.  Set up a .pgpass file.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.



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