On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakan...@vmware.com > wrote:
> >> >> > In other tools too, like psql, you can pass a connection string with > -d/--dbname, which is why I thought it would be best to use the same option > for passing a connection string to pg_basebackup/pg_dumpall too. > > Ah Ok. I was not aware that you can also pass a connection string to psql with -d option. That way it looks consistent though still confusing. > See discussion at http://www.postgresql.org/**message-id/512520FE.6050701@ > **vmware.com<http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/512520fe.6050...@vmware.com>. > If you have any better ideas, I'm all ears... > > No, I don't have better ideas. I was worried that it was an oversight. But now I know it was chosen this way after a careful consideration. Thanks, Pavan -- Pavan Deolasee http://www.linkedin.com/in/pavandeolasee
