On Nov 25, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Jens Rehsack <rehs...@gmail.com> wrote: > DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $passwd, \%attr) > > 4th argument is wasted in your current proposal.
Er, well, I failed to provide a complete set of examples. Here’s one from the PostgreSQL docs: postgresql://other@localhost/otherdb?connect_timeout=10&application_name=myapp All the attributes are provided by the GET query string. Best, David