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Re: Should psql support URI syntax?

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

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From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-03-31T23:34:43Z
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On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 19:32 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> On 03/31/2011 07:25 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Most database connectors/frameworks nowadays support a URI style
> > connection string. Something like:
> >
> > pgsql://user:pass@host/database
> >
> > Do we think psql should support this style of connection string?
> >
> >
> 
> Syntactic sugar aside, what is the advantage of that over a conninfo string?

I would think it would be purely syntatic sugar really, which does
incorporate a familiar interface for those who are working in different
worlds (.Net/Drupal/JAVA) etc...

Perhaps programability would also be useful from a shell/system script
perspective.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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