RE: [HACKERS] Decicision needed for connect statement

[resent as the local mail system screwed up - 10 points to guess what system
it is ;-) ]

> Okay, I'm willing to add it to either libecpg or (preferable imn my
> mind) to libpq. I'd also like to add my (old style) syntax if no one
> objects.

I don't see why not. Handling both won't expand libpq by that much.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mount [SMTP:peter(at)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk]
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 5:23 PM
> To: 'Meskes, Michael'; 'Peter Mount'; 'Thomas G. Lockhart'
> Cc: 'PostgreSQL Hacker'
> Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Decicision needed for connect statement
>
> I'm not sure about libpq as I've never used either with it. However,
> URL-style does seem to be the in thing at the moment.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meskes, Michael [mailto:meskes(at)topsystem(dot)de]
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 2:42 PM
> To: 'Peter Mount'; 'Michael Meskes'; 'Thomas G. Lockhart'
> Cc: 'PostgreSQL Hacker'
> Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Decicision needed for connect statement
>
>
> Great. Do we implement this in libpq?
>
> And do we implement the old style syntax with '@', too?
>
> Michael
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Mount [SMTP:peter(at)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 3:27 PM
> > To: 'Michael Meskes'; 'Thomas G. Lockhart'
> > Cc: 'PostgreSQL Hacker'
> > Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Decicision needed for connect statement
> >
> > > Is there any benefit to using a url-style spec?
> > >
> > > postgres://server:port/dbname
> > >
> > > Very fashionable :)
> >
> > This would be in line to JDBC's url-style:
> >
> > jdbc:postgresql://server:port/dbname?options
> >
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