Re: BUG #4040: psql should provide option to not prompt for password

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mika Fischer <mf+ubuntu(at)zoopnet(dot)de>
Subject: Re: BUG #4040: psql should provide option to not prompt for password
Date: 2008-03-17 17:05:25
Message-ID: 200803171805.25512.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 17. März 2008 schrieb Tom Lane:
> It's not, IMHO.  You don't even know if the local database is where the
> user is intending to connect to.  Moreover this presupposes some rather
> obsolete ideas about what connection parameters might need to be given
> on the command line.

"psql <TAB>" to complete the local database names is a very useful feature
that has existed and been in use for a long time. Even if you like to use
psql in a different way, there are many people that use it this way.

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