Re: Should psql support URI syntax? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Should psql support URI syntax?
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Msg-id 15165.1301848916@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Should psql support URI syntax?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Should psql support URI syntax?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Well, there isn't any requirement that URIs be

> prot://hostname:port/something

> They just have to be

> prot:something

> So you could just turn the existing conninfo syntax into a URI by doing
> something like

> postgresql:dbname=foo%20hostname=bar

True, but the need for those %20's is annoying.  I tend to agree with
the suggestion that adopting the JDBC syntax would be the way to go,
assuming that we can use it 100%-as-is (any incompatibility defeats
the purpose).
        regards, tom lane


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