Import sql file in node.js and execute against PostgreSQL

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You can just separate consequent queries with a semicolon when passed to client.query

That works:

var pg = require('pg');

pg.connect('postgres://test:test@localhost/test', function(err, client, done){
        client.query('CREATE TABLE test (test VARCHAR(255)); INSERT INTO test VALUES(\'test\') ');
        done();
});

And consequently, that works too:

var pg = require('pg');
var fs = require('fs');

var sql = fs.readFileSync('init_database.sql').toString();

pg.connect('postgres://test:test@localhost/test', function(err, client, done){
    if(err){
        console.log('error: ', err);
        process.exit(1);
    }
    client.query(sql, function(err, result){
        done();
        if(err){
            console.log('error: ', err);
            process.exit(1);
        }
        process.exit(0);
    });
});

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