Re: BUG #3059: psql to 'postgres' shortcut

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:06:17AM -0500, Phil Frost wrote:
> > Hrm...I haven't used windows for a while now, but isn't there an
> > option on all shortcuts to command-line programs to make the shell
> > pause on exit? It is something like, right click on shortcut, select
> > 'properties', uncheck 'close shell on exit'. It would seem this would
> > solve the problem of not being able to see errors, while also not
> > adding a pause for programs which execute psql.bat directly.
>
> Yes, that is exactly the point -it would be very annoying in all other
> cases, as Bruce pointed out.
>
> I guess another option would be to add a commandline option to psql to
> pause on error, but I don't think that's going to fly ;-)

I just ran a test on Unix and found psql exits with '2' if the password
fails.  In fact, looking at the psql sources I see:

    #ifndef EXIT_SUCCESS
    #define EXIT_SUCCESS 0
    #endif

    #ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
    #define EXIT_FAILURE 1
    #endif

    #define EXIT_BADCONN 2

    #define EXIT_USER 3

Notice EXIT_BADCONN.  So, what if we call psql from a batch file, and
check for a '2' exit status, and then issue a pause for only that case?

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