Re: shell script to SQL statement: `pg_dump | psql -U`

On 20 Mar, 16:47, t(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us (Tom Lane) wrote:
> "filippo" <filippo2(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)virgilio(dot)it> writes:
> > The problem with the current implementation is that sometime pd_dump
> > and psql ask for password but I want to create the database copy
> > without any user typing (it is a cron script).
>
> Create a ~/.pgpass file for the user that runs the cron job.

thanks Tom and Richard, actually it works now. However I wonder if
there is a SQL way, I'm partially in a Windows enviroment and I don't
trust very much the microsoft security.

Thanks and regards,

Filippo