On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 10:03:40PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > On 2017-02-27 14:43:49 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > > I bumped into a case where it would have been rather useful to > > specify a service file path in a connection string with a service > > name. In my case, I have finished by setting up PGSERVICEFILE, but > > now like PGPASSFILE I think that being able to define the service > > file available as well as a connection parameter would be useful > > as well. > > > > I am not planning to work on that immediately (there is one day > > left for the last CF of PG10!), but I was wondering if people > > would be interested in something like that. > > Hm - I'm not sure that's a good idea. service files are a libpq > feature, but connection strings are a bit more universal than just > libpq...
You bring up a salient point. What say we make pg_services a little more universal? I'm guessing that the Java port wouldn't be too complicated. It's already well defined. Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david(dot)fetter(at)gmail(dot)com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
