Thanks to all who answered this question!
>From: Brent Wood <b.wood@niwa.co.nz>
>To: basel novo <baselnovo@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] newbie question: reading sql commands from script
>Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:36:34 +1300 (NZDT)
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>On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, basel novo wrote:
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> > What is the equivalent of the mysql 'source' command for reading sql
> > commands from ascii script files?
> >
>
>I have not used mysql, so am not familiar with the source command, but to
>have postgres run a set of sql statements/queries from a file you can:
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>psql <DB> -f "filename"
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>also, to run a single command from a script (or commandline)
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>psql <DB> -c "<sql command>"
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>Cheers,
>
> Brent Wood
>
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