On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:03 PM, David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Abhra Kar <abhra....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I want to get postgres connection in script file. I am executing >> below command and successfully getting connected --- >> >> >> psql postgresql://$USER:$PASSWORD@$HOST/$DATABASE <<END >> >> >> > If all you are going to do is substitute environment variables into a URI > why not just identify the environment variables that psql uses directly, > set those, and call "psql" directly. > > select * from abc; >> >> >> This is executing with default 5432 port.If postgres is installed to any >> other port then port option need to be include here[Don't want to take port >> from .pgpass file]. >> > > You couldn't even if you wanted to. Did you maybe mean the > .pg_service.conf file? > > You should strongly consider using .pgpass instead of "$PASSWORD" - > especially depending upon where perform the export. > > >> How I can modify this command with PORT option. >> > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/libpq-connect. > html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING > > David J. > Hi David, I meant .pgpass file with in user home directory.And I followed the link you provided.It worked.Thanks a lot. Regards, Abhra
