Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > But it is a "sect1" in libpq.  It should be a "sect1" somewhere that
> > makes more sense.
> > ...
> > It doesn't belong in libpq, and it doesn't belong in the Programmer's
> > Guide.
> 
> How could it not belong in libpq?  But you are right that the
> Programmer's Guide seems the wrong place for information that
> is important to end-users.

Some people don't even know libpq exists.  If someone uses only
psql, how would they know?

> Perhaps libpq needs to have a chapter in the User's Guide as
> well as a chapter in the Programmer's Guide?

> Or maybe we could put the relevant information into a reference
> page under PostgreSQL Client Applications (titled something
> along the line of "common behavior of all libpq-based client
> applications").

Yep, that's what I would do.

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