http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html
or you can set PGPASSWORD environment variable (not recommended though)
Stefan Zweig wrote:
Hi list,
i have a problem with connecting to postgresql on a remote server. basically i
want to import some sets of data into the database, using the psql command from
within a shell script.
i have a local machine where postgres is installed and a remote one where
postgres is installed as well.
because of security issues the configuration of postgres on the remote server
is set in a way that i am not not allowed to connect to the database from my
local machine. and the security thing gets even stricter: i am not even allowed
to run a shell script on my remote server.
i know already that there is a way to connect to a remote postgres using psql
with the options --host 123.123.123.1 --port 5432 --username --password
unfortunately this only prompts the password screen and i have to input the
password for postgres for every single psql command again.. this not very
convenient in terms of automating imports using shell. i am planning to do some
hundreds of imports (with psql) on a batch and i want to avoid typing the
password some hundreds times.
i know that in mysql there is way to pass through the password e.g. to
mysqldump with mysqldump --user=user --password=password
actually i would need similar functionality in postgres. is there a good way to
solve my problem?
i know that a i could do the import as well using jdbc or odbc connections to
postgres (where it is possible to connect as a user with password), but
actually i think it is faster (as i have some very large *.sql files to import)
and more convenient to do the import directly via psql instead of using
jdbc/odbc.
i appreciate any help.
thanks in advance, stefan
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