Re: [PATCHES] psql commandline conninfo

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] psql commandline conninfo
Date: 2006-12-17 20:28:12
Message-ID: 4585A85C.7070500@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>
>> OK, good to know. Does the patch need documentation too?
>>
>
> Certainly.
>

That's why I haven't committed it yet. I intend to put info in the psql
manual as well as in the libpq reference.
>
>> Are we
>> deprecating the psql options now duplicated by the new functionality,
>> like host/port/username/password?
>>
>
> I'd vote not. This is just another way to do it.
>
>
>

I entirely agree. It lets you do some nice things that aren't obvious
now, like:

psql 'service=foo sslmode=require'

cheers

andrew

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