You probably need to adda -U switch to tell postgresql who you are trying to connect as. It's likely that psql is passing the current user name that your web server is running as and postgresql doesn't know who that is. psql.exe -U username -d Geoprocessing -f filename.sql should work. On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, YC Nyon wrote: > I am trying to run Postgresql's psql using Exec() command. > The code is below > > <? > $convert_sql_2 = "\"C:\postgresql\bin\psql.exe -d Geoprocessing -f > C:\\postgresql\\bin\\g126.sql"; > exec($convert_sql_2,$ds); > ?> > > It didn't insert the data I hope it would. I tested it from the dos command > line and it works fine. > also i used > $convert_sql_2 = "\"C:\postgresql\bin\psql.exe --help"; > passthru($convert_sql_2,$ds); > It works, giving me the help options. > > Nyon > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >