Re: Storing database credentials outside an org file

[Tim Cross]

Mike Gauland <mikelygee@gmail.com> writes:

> I often use an org file to record database queries, using sql source blocks.
> I've been putting the database credentials in the file using header-args:sql
> properties, but I'd prefer to have the credentials saved in a separate file 
> for
> security reasons.
>
> Any ideas on how I could make this work?

It probably wouldn't be too hard to use the authinfo.gpg facility via
the auth-source library which is included in Emacs. In fact, I think
sql-mode might already have support for this built in.