Magnus Hagander said: >>>>How about an environment variable that points to a .pgpass type file.
>> >>So let's go woth PGPASSFILE > > How about --pwfile on the commandline, the same way initdb does it? > Then you can't make it part of libpq - you would have to build it into every program that needs it. cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly