On ons, 2011-04-06 at 09:47 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Marko Kreen <mark...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> > > wrote: > >> 1. More understandable .pgpass format. Yes, I understand our standard > >> format, most people won't. Like JoshB said, hard to debug. > > > How about allowing '#'-comments there and putting field > > list into all templates, examples and manpages? > > > man 5 pgpass? > > > pgpass.sample? > > > IOW, do we need to change format or are we having documentation problem? > > +1 for seeing this as a documentation problem. I don't think that > converting the file to .ini style is going to somehow make it > magically easier to use --- people still have to understand it, > and frankly .ini format is just another format that not everyone knows. > > #-comments seem like a fine idea.
But it would have to be the user that would put the comment in there, since we can't really install a default file. I think a man page would be the best documentation method for in-the-moment reference. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
