On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:35:58PM +0900, 노현석 wrote: > hi.. > > when using oracle sqlplus.. we can specify password. > $ sqlplus system/manager > > Could you teach me, How can we specify password when using psql.... > $ psql -p 5432 -h rac2 -d mydb -U hsnoh > Password for user hsnoh: > > Thanks.. Overall, it's better to use a .pgpass (pgpass.conf on Windows) http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-pgpass.html It's also possible, but not recommended, to set an environment variable. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@xxxxxxxxxx> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@xxxxxxxxx iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general