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Asked: 2026-06-11T19:29:53+00:00

I’m a noob in PostgreSQL. I installed ver 9.2 on windows7. During installation it

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I’m a noob in PostgreSQL. I installed ver 9.2 on windows7. During installation it asked for password and i entered it.
Now whenever i run d:\tools\PostgreSQL9.2\bin\psql.exe it asks for password. When i enter the password it doesn’t accept and
it shows “password authentication failed for user “user1”. I have re-installed twice already. Also i tried entering my system
password.

I’m trying to get the below command to work

psql.exe -f db/codedb.sql development

What should i do to get this working ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try setting the user name when connecting.

    psql.exe -U username -d dbname -f somefile.sql

    You’ve probably set up the default “postgres” user during installation. Not sure if you’ve created any others.

    To add other users and databases just connect to as postgres to the postgres database and do something like:

    CREATE USER myuser WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'secret';
CREATE DATABASE mydb OWNER myuser;

    If your machine is secure you might also like to set up a password file

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