Postgresql: Scripting psql execution with password

Question

How can I call psql so that it doesn\'t prompt for a password?

This is what I have:

psql -Umyuser < myscript.sql         


        

Answer 1

If you're having problems on windows like me (I'm using Windows 7 64-bit) and set PGPASSWORD=[Password] did not work.

Then, as Kavaklioglu said in one of the comments,

export PGPASSWORD=[password]

You will need to save this at the top of the file, or before any usage so its set before being called.

Certainly does work on windows :)