Re: Windows default to localhost is in the wrong place

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Windows default to localhost is in the wrong place
Date: 2004-12-28 19:57:09
Message-ID: 2436.1104263829@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ISTM that libpq itself ought to default to localhost, rather than
>> failing, on machines that don't have Unix sockets.

> So then it would be picked up by pg_dump, createdb etc., plus third
> party clients? Not a bad idea. Are you going to fix it for 8.0?

If I don't hear any objections in the next few hours ...

regards, tom lane

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