Re: BUG #2459: psql 8.1.4 vs 8.0.x behaves differently with tty / con / stdin recent fixes - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Silvio Macedo wrote:

> I've been using stdin/stdout of psql on Windows to run a script, without
> messing with "expect".
>
> Before v8.1.4, one could include the password in the string fed to psql via
> stdin to authenticate the connection.
>
> With 8.1.4, it doesn't work.

You can use PGPASSWORD or a pgpass.conf file instead.

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