Re: Config file for psql

On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 12:19:39PM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 07:52:22PM +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > A little while ago there was someone asking for tools to make it easier
> > to connect to multiple servers. It occured to me that it might be
> > useful to have a config file the way ssh does it:
>
> Something like pg_service.conf? Hardly anybody ever mentions it
> even though the libpq documentation refers to it; I wonder how many
> people even know it exists.

I'd say not many? If you search the mail archives for "pg_service.conf"
in the last two years, there's only 15 matches and even then it's only
ever mentioned on -hackers or -patches.

For example, nobody brought it up that last thread about connecting to
multiple servers, even though it would have been the perfect solution.

I certainly never heard of it and I've been using postgres and been on
-general for several years.

Have a nice day,
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