On 10/24/16 11:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > Today, since the host part can't include a > port specifier, it's regarded as part of the IP address, and I think > it would probably be a bad idea to change that, as I believe Victor's > patch would. He seems to have it in mind that we could allow things > like host=[1:2:3::4:5:6] or host=[1:2:3::4:5]:6, which would might be > helpful for the future but doesn't avoid changing the meaning of > connection strings that work today.
Let's keep in mind here that the decision to allow database names to contain a connection parameter substructure has caused some security issues. Let's not create more levels of ambiguity and the need to pass around override flags. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
