Re: libpq "service" parameter not documented as not allowed inside a pg_service file - Mailing list pgsql-docs

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 06:52:42PM -0700, David Johnston wrote:
> While the fact that you cannot do:
>
> [service_template]
> host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> [service_db1]
> dbname=db1
> service=service_template
>
> seems obvious there is nothing in the documentation that says this is
> prohibited; and attempting a simple alias entry:

I have developed the attached patch to warn users that nesting of
service entries is not supported.  I prefer code warnings over
documentation because the user gets the warning as soon as they try
something, rather than having to hunt in the documentation.  I don't
think this issue has come up enough to warrant a doc mention too though.

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