On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 18:52 -0400, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> > wrote: > > > Bare, useful, but not really friendly nor flexible. I would love to be > > able to do this: > > > [ecom] > > hostname= > > port= > > database= > > username= > > password= > > That looks a lot like a pg_service file. > > > psql ecom > > > > boom, I am in. > > > > Thoughts? > > So you're really looking to make psql use "service" connection > definitions more easily, not just retrieve the password associated > with the given (maybe defaulted) host:port:database:user, right?
Well any libpq app but yes. I actually wonder as to the legitmacy of having both a pgpass and a pg_service. Why not just one of them? JD > > a. > > -- > Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, > ai...@highrise.ca command like a king, > http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave. > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
