Thanks for your help! And thanks to your help, I was able to figure out the following, as a psql.bat file on drive C:
cd program files
cd postgreSQL
cd 8.1
cd bin
psql -U postgres template1
I could not figure out how to make a path work in the .bat file if there is a space in PROGRAM FILES. But it words if I just to a CD to each directory.
I have a paperback on PostgreSQL in which most of the exercises use the command line prompt. Although I have found admin programs that allow me to access PostgreSQL nicely, I want to learn about the command line.
I also have a 1984 book on SQL by Lantimes, and I put all the exercise tables int o MySQL. Then, I exported the tables to an SQL script, and modified the script so that it would run in PostgreSQL. If anyone is interested, I can provide that script.
I would also like to go through the some of Joe Celko's books, like SQL for Smarties, and I plan to put the test tables into PostgreSQL and also MySQL.
But if anyone has any test tables from SQL instruction books, let me know.
I will be happy to share what I have with others if there is some interest.
I feel that if the test data for such SQL exercises is made available on the Internet, then it will encourage more people to learn SQL.
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