Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > But it is a "sect1" in libpq. It should be a "sect1" somewhere that
> > makes more sense.
> > ...
> > It doesn't belong in libpq, and it doesn't belong in the Programmer's
> > Guide.
>
> How could it not belong in libpq? But you are right that the
> Programmer's Guide seems the wrong place for information that
> is important to end-users.
Some people don't even know libpq exists. If someone uses only
psql, how would they know?
> Perhaps libpq needs to have a chapter in the User's Guide as
> well as a chapter in the Programmer's Guide?
> Or maybe we could put the relevant information into a reference
> page under PostgreSQL Client Applications (titled something
> along the line of "common behavior of all libpq-based client
> applications").
Yep, that's what I would do.
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