Re: Should psql support URI syntax?

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Joshua Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Should psql support URI syntax?
Date: 2011-04-01 00:49:22
Message-ID: 1301618962.24264.87.camel@jd-desktop
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On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 19:10 -0500, Joshua Berkus wrote:
> > 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...
>
> I wouldn't mind having something more standard supported; I'm always looking up the conninfo for the options I don't use frequently.
>
> However, is there any standard for database URIs?

There is an IETF RFC for generic URI:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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