"Tom Lane" wrote in message news:26413(dot)1188010872(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us:
> "Stuart" <smcg2297(at)frii(dot)com> writes:
> >> I can't find an option in psql to connect to a database
> >> by "service" name? Should there be one?
>
> In 8.3 libpq will have code that interprets what's usually the database
> name parameter as a "conninfo" string if there's an "=" in it, [...]
Thank you, that's good news!