On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 20:39 -0400, Sean Davis wrote: > In psql, look at \i. > > Sean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: basel novo > To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:28 PM > Subject: newbie question: reading sql commands from > script files > > > What is the equivalent of the mysql 'source' command for > reading sql > commands from ascii script files? Also, for shell scripting, there are command line options: psql -f filename or redirection: psql < filename (the former gives line numbers), or for a single command: psql -c "sql command" -- Oliver Elphick olly@xxxxxxxxxx Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== Do you want to know God? http://www.lfix.co.uk/knowing_god.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match