Failed to connect to pgsql while the password contains char '@'

[mgzhenhong]

full password is Hi@3812

use

load database
from mysql://root:Hi@3812@localhost/enhscada_dc
into postgresql://postgres:Hi@3812@localhost/enhscada_dc

or

load database
from mysql://root:Hi%403812@localhost/enhscada_dc
into postgresql://postgres:Hi%403812@localhost/enhscada_dc

are all auth failed,
when cannot change the password, how can i fix it?

[bbuechler]

Came looking for the same answer, thought mine was broken because my password contained [].

The answer to my problem was in #1197

--> instead of passing the password as part of the connection string, set $PGPASSWORD.

You have the @ twice, so that doesn't help with MySQL, but MYSQL_PWD should do the trick.

[mgzhenhong]

Came looking for the same answer, thought mine was broken because my password contained [].

The answer to my problem was in #1197

--> instead of passing the password as part of the connection string, set $PGPASSWORD.

You have the @ twice, so that doesn't help with MySQL, but MYSQL_PWD should do the trick.

got it, thanks

[CharaD7]

I faced the same problem and tried several approaches but got nothing working. Finally, I decided to run a simple command in terminal and that got it working.

What I tried that didn't work

• Export global variable export PG_PASSWORD="MeandHi:m" and used $PG_PASSWORD in the connection string (failed)
• Wrapp the passwords for both mssql and postgres in double-quotes (failed), then I used single-quotes (still failed)
• Use the backslash character to escape colon in both connection strings (failed).
• Use character encoding (URL-encoding) thereby using %3A in place of : (failed again).

What I tried that worked
pgloader mssql://<username>:<password>@localhost/<database> pgsql://<username>:<password>@localhost/<database>

[mvk]

@CharaD7 , maybe:

1. create a sanitizer:

cat > sanitize.sed << _EOF
#!/usr/bin/env sed
s/:/::/g
s/@/@@/g
_EOF
chmod +x sanitize.sed

2. construct your conn. url from parts:

username_sanitized="$( echo "${username}" | sed -f ./sanitize.sed )"
password_sanitized="$( echo "${password}" | sed -f ./sanitize.sed )"
and then construct the conn. string:
conn_pgsql="postgresql://${username_sanitized}:${password_sanitized}@${server}/${db-schema}"

WDYT?

[CharaD7]

@mvk Looks good but seems like too much work. I will consider doing this when running from a script. Thank you!