Re: psql --no-connect option

Tristan Partin <tristan@neon.tech>

From: "Tristan Partin" <tristan@neon.tech>
To: "Gurjeet Singh" <gurjeet@singh.im>, "Postgres Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-08-25T02:19:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM CDT, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> Currently, psql exits if a database connection is not established when
> psql is launched.
>
> Sometimes it may be useful to launch psql without connecting to the
> database. For example, a user may choose to start psql and then pipe
> commands via stdin, one of which may eventually perform the \connect
> command. Or the user may be interested in performing operations that
> psql can perform, like setting variables etc., before optionally
> initiating a connection.

Speaking for myself, but you do bring up a fairly interesting usecase. 
Is this a feature you have found yourself wanting in the past?

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Tristan Partin
Neon (https://neon.tech)