Re: pg_basebackup -R option in PG 9.3 beta

>on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:04 PM Raghavendra wrote:

>In earlier version of primary connection information was enclosed within
one single quote:

>primary_conninfo = 'user=postgres host=localhost port=5432'

>

>But, the file created with -R option (recovery.conf) has doubled the single
quotes for all variable values user/host/port/sslmode/sslcompression in
primary connection.

>

>standby_mode = 'on'

>primary_conninfo = 'user=''postgres'' host=''localhost'' port=''5555''
sslmode=''disable'' sslcompression=''1'' '

>

>Was it intentional to double the singe quotes of variable values ?

Yes, It was intentional to support some of the special characters in
configuration parameters which can be used in the primary_conninfo.

There is a patch in the next commit-fest which is further extending the
special characters in password.

Please refer the following link.

https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=1085

Regards,

Hari babu.