| From: | "Tristan Partin" <tristan(at)neon(dot)tech> |
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| To: | "Gurjeet Singh" <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>, "Postgres Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql --no-connect option |
| Date: | 2023-08-25 02:19:22 |
| Message-ID: | CV19L4B1RJGP.2ESS2D0JP2W78@gonk |
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On Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM CDT, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> Currently, psql exits if a database connection is not established when
> psql is launched.
>
> Sometimes it may be useful to launch psql without connecting to the
> database. For example, a user may choose to start psql and then pipe
> commands via stdin, one of which may eventually perform the \connect
> command. Or the user may be interested in performing operations that
> psql can perform, like setting variables etc., before optionally
> initiating a connection.
Speaking for myself, but you do bring up a fairly interesting usecase.
Is this a feature you have found yourself wanting in the past?
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Tristan Partin
Neon (https://neon.tech)
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