On Nov 21, 2007 11:16 AM, Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2007 10:49 AM, Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Gauthier, Dave wrote: > >>> APparently, from "man psql", -c can do only one thing at a time. But you could do this with 2-3 commands (or 1 if you want to wrap the 2 up in a shell script or something). Here's an example... > >> [snip] > >>> psql --dbname mydb -c "\i create_try.sql;" > >>> psql --dbname mydb -c "select trythis('foo');" > >>> psql --dbname mydb -c "drop function trythis(varchar);" > >> Or just put everything in one file and use -f <filename> > > > > And from the more than one way to skin a cat department: > > > > cat my.sql | psql mydb > > psql mydb < my.sql > > Bearing in mind that although both mine and Scott's cats are skinless, > mine gave me line numbers in error messages. So do both of mine... In fact, trying all four ways (\i, cat | psql, psql < file.sql, and psql -f file) gave me the same error output. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq