Jeff Frost <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Do you remember if the problem was on the 8.0.8 server side that caused the > lack of prompting? No, I'm pretty sure it was a client-side issue (and I thought we'd fixed it by 8.0.8 anyway, so I'm glad to see your test agrees). Jeanna, do you maybe have a pgpass file or something else that would short-circuit the password prompt? It could be that your problem boils down to supplying the wrong password behind-the-scenes. regards, tom lane