Re: chron scripts and pgsql

My instance of postgres runs on a separate box than the one that does the work.
So connections are always via TCP/IP.  Therefore, the simple "psql -c
<command>" doesn't work because my databases require a username/password.  My
solution for the cron scripts (the only one I could figure out that works).  My
database name and password are stored in a file readable only by the script
execution id.  Those filenames and passwords are parsed and set to the PGUSER
and PGPASSWORD variables (which exist only for the life of the script).  I can
then run my "pgsql -h <hostname> -c <command>" for any and all databases.

If anyone has a better solution for the username/password, I would love to see
it, but this works.

Hope this helps,

--
Ken Harris
Senior Consultant
http://www.lhinfo.com
(410) 597-8916



Quoting Dennis Gearon <gearond@cvc.net>:

> OOPS,
>
>     'chron' != 'cron'
>
> There's maybe 'one or two more' than I found before, using 'cron'
> instead :-)
>
> Dennis Gearon wrote:
> >
> > I looked in postgres-general, and VERY little came up about 'chron'.
> >
> > Can anyone outline what it takes not NON INTERACTIVELY do a query with
> > pgsql? So it can be done in a chron script?
> >
> > I want to check a table to see if there's any rows with 'unapproved' in
> > one column and then just call mail to send someone an email to approve
> > some listings.
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