Re: dblink versus long connection strings

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: dblink versus long connection strings
Date: 2010-11-22 17:40:35
Message-ID: 4CEAAB13.7090603@dunslane.net
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On 11/22/2010 12:21 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> On 11/22/2010 12:08 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> No, because = isn't disallowed in names ...
>> Ok, true, but it still might not be a bad heuristic to use for issuing a
>> warning on lookup.
> The fine manual says that using "=" in a connection name might be unwise
> because of the risk of confusion. It doesn't say that you should expect
> to get a NOTICE every single time you use the name. People have
> complained of postmaster log bloat for lots less reason than this.
>
> In any case I don't see an argument why warning on connection creation
> isn't sufficient.

OK.

cheers

andrew

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