Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I just checked a few apps and I see they usually allow a global config > > file to be specified. How about SYSPSQLRC that adds a system-wide psql > > config file to be read before the one in the home directory? > > The ones I know of that allow such a thing generally hard-wire the > location of the global config file at build time, rather than taking it > from an environment variable. The env var approach seems weird, and a > tad inefficient (since you'd have to put such an env var into the global > .profile, meaning it propagates into every single process ever launched > on your system). Also I think we have at least one global config file > already for libpq, and its location is hard-wired.
Agreed. There is usually one global config file, and SYS* overrides it. The global one we have now is pg_service.conf. Maybe we should forget the environment variable idea and just have a pgsql.rc.sample file in share, with documentation in the file on how to install it. That is what we do with pg_service.conf now for libpq. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
