Re: create batch script to import into postgres tables - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On 6/19/20 6:53 AM, Pepe TD Vo wrote:
> Thank you sir and I am sorry for the typo not having "--" on password.  
> I did spelling out with --password=mypassword

Please go back and read my post again.

> 
>>> echo select count(*) from tableA; | "C:\Program 
> Files\PostgreSQL\11\bin\psql" -U PSmasteruser -d PSCIDR -h 
> hostname.amazonaws.com -p 5432 --password=mypassword
> 
> even -W for password
>>> echo select count(*) from tableA; | "C:\Program 
> Files\PostgreSQL\11\bin\psql" -U PSmasteruser -d PSCIDR -h 
> hostname.amazonaws.com -p 5432 -W=mypassword
> 
> none of them work, still prompt me for password to type in.  I will look 
> into the pgpassfile which I know it will fail again.
> 
> 
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> 
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> On Friday, June 19, 2020, 09:19:35 AM EDT, Adrian Klaver 
> <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/19/20 4:12 AM, Pepe TD Vo wrote:
>  > thank you,   I tried that too, remove the quote around the echo and it
>  > prompt for password, as I mentioned no matter I put -P mypassword no
>  > matter what I spell out password=mypassword still argument error
> 
> Once again -P has nothing to do with password. Also --password does not
> take an argument, it is meant to be used as is. The purpose is to force
> a password prompt. This is all spelled out here:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-psql.html
> 
> Also spelled out in above is:
> 
> " It is also convenient to have a ~/.pgpass file to avoid regularly
> having to type in passwords. See Section 33.15 for more information."
> 
> And Section 33.15:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq-pgpass.html
> 
> "The file .pgpass in a user's home directory can contain passwords to be
> used if the connection requires a password (and no password has been
> specified otherwise).  ..."
> 
> Read more at link for how to do that.
> 
> 
>  >
>  >  >>echo select count(*) from tableA; | "C:\Program
>  > Files\PostgreSQL\11\bin\psql" -U PSmasteruser -d PSCIDR -h
>  > hostname.amazonaws.com -p 5432
>  >
>  >  >> echo select count(*) from tableA; | "C:\Program
>  > Files\PostgreSQL\11\bin\psql" -U PSmasteruser -d PSCIDR -h
>  > hostname.amazonaws.com -p 5432 password=mypassword
>  >
>  > all usernames are same password.
>  >
>  > thank you so much for all input.
>  >
>  > v/r,
>  >
>  > **
>  > *Bach-Nga
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> Adrian Klaver
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> 
> 


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