diff --git a/zshrc.bak b/zshrc.bak
index ba86251..6006e61 100644
--- a/zshrc.bak
+++ b/zshrc.bak
@@ -23,6 +23,32 @@ function V(){
     vault login -method oidc
 }
 
+function tempDb(){
+    unset $TMP_PG_NAME
+    unset $TMP_PG_PW
+    export TMP_PG_NAME=pg_$(openssl rand -hex 12 )
+    export TMP_PG_PW=postgres
+    docker run -p 5432 --name $TMP_PG_NAME -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -d postgres
+    echo "TMP_PG_NAME=${TMP_PG_NAME}"
+    echo "local password: posgres"
+    echo "local user: postgres"
+    echo "waiting to let pg start up and entering temp database"
+    sleep 5
+    logT
+}
+
+function logT(){
+    export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$TMP_PG_PW
+    psql -h localhost -U postgres postgres
+}
+
+function stopTemp(){
+    docker stop $TMP_PG_NAME
+    docker rm $TMP_PG_NAME  
+    docker rmi -f $TMP_PG_NAME
+    docker system prune -f 
+}
+
 function pt(){
 "${ptdir}"/prod-tools
 }
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