From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.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: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:47:40 -0400
Message-ID: <428207.1599076060@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200901203846.GA13613@momjian.us>
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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>.
regards, tom lane
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