> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 July 2006 15:20 > To: Dave Page > Cc: Hiroshi Saito; Thomas Bley; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] password is no required, > authentication is overridden > > >From: http://www.pgadmin.org/docs/1.4/connect.html > > > >If you select "store password", pgAdmin stores passwords you enter in > >the ~/.pgpass file under *nix or > %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf under > >Win32 for later reuse. For details, see pgpass > documentation. It will be > >used for all libpq based tools. If you want the password removed, you > >can select the server's properties and uncheck the selection > any time. > > > > > > > > OK, although I am not sure I think that is sensible - it is at least > documented. Does the dialog box also carry similar info?
It has a Help button that takes you straight to that doc page. > >We have no sensible way of determining whether or not the > libpq we are > >running with supports PGPASSFILE. > > > > > > > > > > Well, this answer is better. The lack of an API to tell you > the library > version is possibly worrying, though. Indeed. The issue has been raised a few times in the past but for reasons I forget, such an API has never been added :-( I'd be happy with: int PQmajorVer() int PQminorVer() Or something similar. It would also be handy to have something like PQhasKerberos()... Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
