Re: optimizing db for small table with tons of updates

Cool, looks like I had tried the .pgpass thing a while back and wasn't working,
I realized I had a typo or something in there. It works like a charm. Security
in our intranet is not a big issue at the moment. Thanks for the help!
-Kenji

On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 03:23:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > Kenji Morishige wrote:
> >> I've been stumped as to how to call psql from the command line without it
> >> prompting me for a password. Is there a enviornoment variable I can specify for
> >> the password or something I can place in .pgsql?  I could write a perl wrapper
> >> around it, but I've been wondering how I can call psql -c without it prompting
> >> me. Is it possible?
>
> > Sure it is.  Set up a .pgpass file.
>
> Also, consider whether a non-password-based auth method (eg, ident)
> might work for you.  Personally, I wouldn't trust ident over TCP, but
> if your kernel supports it on unix-socket connections it is secure.
>
>             regards, tom lane