PostgreSQL - query from bash script as database user 'postgres'

Question

I have a table in my PostgreSQL database which has 3 columns - c_uid, c_defaults and c_settings. c_uid simply stores the

Answer 1

if you are planning to run it from a separate sql file. here is a good example (taken from a great page to learn how to bash with postgresql http://www.manniwood.com/postgresql_and_bash_stuff/index.html

#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
if [ $# != 2 ]; then
   echo "please enter a db host and a table suffix"
   exit 1
fi

export DBHOST=$1
export TSUFF=$2
psql \
  -X \
  -U user \
  -h $DBHOST \
  -f /path/to/sql/file.sql \
  --echo-all \
  --set AUTOCOMMIT=off \
  --set ON_ERROR_STOP=on \
  --set TSUFF=$TSUFF \
  --set QTSTUFF=\'$TSUFF\' \
   mydatabase

   psql_exit_status = $?

   if [ $psql_exit_status != 0 ]; then
     echo "psql failed while trying to run this sql script" 1>&2
     exit $psql_exit_status
   fi

   echo "sql script successful"
exit 0