On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 20:53 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Rod Taylor wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 20:18 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > > It could read all the SET variables in at startup?
> > >
> > > Right, but do we want to do that even if they never ask for a tab
> > > completion? I think the easiest might be to just save the list on first
> > > tab call.
> >
> > As mentioned earlier the problem exists for all tab completion in
> > aborted transactions.
> >
> > Perhaps a second database connection could be established during
> > situations when running tab completion and other psql commands is
> > impossible on the main one?
>
> What if you need a password to be supplied?
I believe psql keeps the password in memory.
\c seems to be able to change databases without asking for the password
again.
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