In monetdb web-page I read the VOC tutorial and I see the the following: shell> mclient -lsql -uvoc -Pvoc sql> \< voc_dump.sql Then I went to: http://monetdb.cwi.nl/projects/monetdb/SQL/Documentation/MAPI-Client.html#MA... And for client options I see: -P passwd | --passwd=passwd password I just tried in my cvs head version and the option -P does not work. Reading some check ins in clients module, it seems we have to use .monetdb file to avoid typing the password. However, the syntax of the file was not specified. I create the file .monetdb with following content: monetdb monetdb And I get the following message: [goncalve@sirius scripts]$ ./mclient current debug sql .monetdb:1: syntax error: monetdb .monetdb:2: syntax error: monetdb password: I think we need some extra information about this new feature ;) Regards, Romulo