Re: default psql to localhost on platforms without unix domain

Should we have used 127.0.0.1 rather than 'localhost' here?

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> >Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> >>Also, what is the default connection mode of psql? It should probably be
> >>equivalent to "-h localhost", shouldn't it?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Now that is something I had not thought of. Seems we can assume a Win32
> >psql can never use unix domain sockets, so defaulting that to localhost
> >is a good solution too.
> >
>
> The trivial patch below does this (I think). I still don't have an
> available Windows box for testing, so someone who does please verify.
>
> thanks
>
> andrew
>
> Index: src/bin/psql/startup.c
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> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/psql/startup.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.85
> diff -c -r1.85 startup.c
> *** src/bin/psql/startup.c 19 Feb 2004 19:40:09 -0000 1.85
> --- src/bin/psql/startup.c 15 Mar 2004 10:37:50 -0000
> ***************
> *** 153,158 ****
> --- 153,162 ----
> pset.getPassword = false;
> #endif
>
> + #ifndef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
> + options.host = "localhost";
> + #endif
> +
> parse_psql_options(argc, argv, &options);
>
> if (!pset.popt.topt.fieldSep)
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