Re: Psql meta-command conninfo+

On 12.02.24 15:16, Maiquel Grassi wrote:
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> (v14)
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v14 applies cleanly and the SSL info is now shown as previously
suggested. Here is a more comprehensive test:

$ /usr/local/postgres-dev/bin/psql -x "\
    host=server.uni-muenster.de
    hostaddr=172.19.42.1
    user=jim dbname=postgres
    sslrootcert=server-certificates/server.crt
    sslcert=jim-certificates/jim.crt
    sslkey=jim-certificates/jim.key"
    
psql (17devel)
SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
compression: off)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# SET ROLE foo;
SET
postgres=> \conninfo+
Current Connection Information
-[ RECORD 1
]------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Database           | postgres
Authenticated User | jim
System User        | cert:emailAddress=jim(at)uni-muenster(dot)de,CN=jim,OU=WWU
IT,O=Universitaet Muenster,L=Muenster,ST=Nordrhein-Westfalen,C=DE
Current User       | foo
Session User       | jim
Backend PID        | 278294
Server Address     | 172.19.42.1
Server Port        | 5432
Client Address     | 192.168.178.27
Client Port        | 54948
Socket Directory   |
Host               | server.uni-muenster.de
Encryption         | SSL
Protocol           | TLSv1.3
Cipher             | TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Compression        | off

postgres=> \conninfo
You are connected to database "postgres" as user "jim" on host
"server.uni-muenster.de" (address "127.0.0.1") at port "5432".
SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
compression: off)

A little odd is that "Server Address" of \conninfo+ differs from
"address" of \conninfo...

I think the documentation could add a little more info than just this:

> When no + is specified, it simply prints a textual description of a
few connection options. When + is given, more complete information is
displayed as a table.

Perhaps briefly mentioning the returned columns or simply listing them
would be IMHO a nice addition. For some users the semantics of
"Authenticated User", "System User", "Current User" and "Session User"
can be a little confusing. And yes, I realize the current documentation
of \conninfo is already a little vague :).

Thanks for working on this

--
Jim