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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: exclusion@gmail.com, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: BUG #16486: Prompted password is ignored when password specified in connection string
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 22:19:58 -0400
Message-ID: <20201003021958.GC17425@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200903190538.GA3248@momjian.us>
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	<2110959.1591655226@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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	<20200901203846.GA13613@momjian.us>
	<428207.1599076060@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<20200903190538.GA3248@momjian.us>

On Thu, Sep  3, 2020 at 03:05:38PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Sep  2, 2020 at 03:47:40PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > > I used a later version of Tom's patch to add documentation of how
> > > connection strings can override command-line options, plus it has the
> > > password description improvements.
> > 
> > >          <option>--all</option>) is not used, the database name is read
> > >          from the environment variable <envar>PGDATABASE</envar>.  If
> > >          that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
> > > -        used.
> > > +        used.  <link linkend="libpq-connstring">Connction strings</link>
> > > +        can also be used for connection specifications, and these can
> > > +        override other command-line options.
> > >         </para>
> > >        </listitem>
> > >       </varlistentry>
> > 
> > * Spellcheck (not "Connction" please)
> > 
> > * I do not like the wording "can override", because that's just impossibly
> > vague.  It leaves the reader wondering whether there are cases where that
> > doesn't happen.
> > 
> > I'd suggest wording more like
> > 
> >     The <replaceable>dbname</replaceable> can be a
> >     <link ...>connection string</link>.  If so, connection parameters
> >     found in the connection string will override any conflicting command
> >     line options, such as <option>--username</option>.
> 
> Sure, makes sense.  Updated patch attached.

Patch applied to all supported versions;  thanks for the report.

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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        https://momjian.us
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