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Hi folks, I've found that CVS HEAD psql's \c doesn't quite behave as expected 
when postmaster is listening on non-default port. In this case I have 
postmaster listening on port 5434:

[pyarra@punky pgsql]$ /usr/local/pgsql-cvs-head/bin/psql -p5434 -dpyarra
Welcome to psql 8.2devel, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms      \h for help with SQL commands      \? for help with psql commands      \g
orterminate with semicolon to execute query      \q to quit
 

pyarra=# \d
No relations found. (correct, nothing in DB 'pyarra')
pyarra=# \l      List of databases  Name    | Owner  | Encoding
-----------+--------+----------postgres  | pyarra | LATIN1pyarra    | pyarra | LATIN1spctest   | pyarra |
LATIN1template0| pyarra | LATIN1template1 | pyarra | LATIN1
 
(5 rows)

pyarra=# \c spctest
could not connect to server: No such file or directory       Is the server running locally and accepting
connectionson Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
 
Previous connection kept
pyarra=# \c spctest - - 5434
You are now connected to database "spctest" as user "pyarra" on host "(null)" 
at port 5434.
could not connect to server: No such file or directory       Is the server running locally and accepting
connectionson Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
 
Previous connection kept
could not connect to server: No such file or directory       Is the server running locally and accepting
connectionson Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
 
Previous connection kept
spctest=# \d      List of relationsSchema | Name | Type  | Owner
--------+------+-------+--------public | foo  | table | pyarra
(1 row)
(correct, one table in DB 'spctest')

The comments in src/bin/psql/command.c, starting at line 192, indicate the new 
connection should use the current port (5434) but this is not happening. Also 
note that when port is explicitly specified (\c spctest - - 5434) it does 
connect to the new DB on the right port, but still prints a spurious error.

The comments further down say "default" instead of "current" when the dash is 
used, so the comments may not be quite right. What behaviour was this change 
(http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-03/msg00154.php) actually 
supposed to give us?

Regards, Philip.

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