Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we
> >> should supply a hint.
> 
> > I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows 
> > how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but 
> > admins certainly need to know about it.
> 
> Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an
> entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of
> Postgres that responds to environment variables.
> 
> I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead.

OK, sure.  Magnus.

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