Re: password error in batch script - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: password error in batch script
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Msg-id d70dc834-0b13-df73-88ae-540a507a348c@aklaver.com
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In response to password error in batch script  (Atul Kumar <akumar14871@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: password error in batch script
List pgsql-general
On 7/27/23 1:17 PM, Atul Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a password Vl=SO*CIz%A83FQF that is working fine like that in the 
> command prompt but when it is being used in a batch file it is giving me 
> an error of wrong password, the password is something looks like that in 
> batch script.
> 
> set "PGPASSWORD=Vl=SO*CIz%A83FQF"

More information needed.

1) What sort of batch script; shell, Python, etc?

2) OS and version.

3) What is set pointing at?

4) PGPASSWORD is an environment variable per:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/libpq-envars.html

So I would expect export PGPASSWORD = .

5) Why not use pgpass?:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html

> 
> Could you please help me in getting this password read by command prompt 
> in the batch file.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards.


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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com



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