Re: The .pgpass file - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: The .pgpass file
Date
Msg-id 17067.1194450673@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to The .pgpass file  (Tommy Flewwelling <tommyflewwelling@hotmail.com>)
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Tommy Flewwelling <tommyflewwelling@hotmail.com> writes:
> How do I specify in the command-line to access the .pgpass file when creating a database?

Huh?  You don't specify anything, it's done automatically when needed.

> I don�t want to have to include (-W):
> C:\postgressql\bin>createdb -U postgres �p 5432 -W �E UTF8 myDatabase

You never have to include -W, whether you use .pgpass or not.  That
switch is only there for historical reasons.

            regards, tom lane

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