Hi,

I have a problem with running a psql command from within my java application. I am pretty sure it is a syntax problem, but the same command run at the sql interface works.

Here is my syntax:

strQueryForExportDump = "psql -d car -c 'select id from pegs1' ";
objProcess=objCurrentRuntime.exec(strCommand);
BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(objProcess.getInputStream());
byte [] b = new byte[80];
in.read(b,0,30);
String cmdOut = new String(b);
System.out.println("cmd out1 is " + cmdOut);

byte []er = new byte[580];
BufferedInputStream err = new BufferedInputStream(objProcess.getErrorStream());
err.read(er,0,580);
String cmdErr = new String(er);
System.out.println("err stream is " + cmdErr);

This is the output I see from the log:

dump str is psql -d car -c 'select id from pegs1;'
cmd out1 is
err stream is psql: warning: extra command-line argument "from" ignored
psql: warning: extra command-line argument "pegs1;'" ignored
psql: FATAL: user "id" does not exist

Please help.

Peggy


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I don't know how old this message is, but looks like it needs a username to connect as? Just try

psql -d car -U username -c 'select id from pegs1';

There was also a post yesterday about being able to put the pass in a .pgpass file, if it would fail for lack of a password

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joe speigle
www.sirfsup.com

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