Postgres Pro
Downloads
Home   >   mailing lists

Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter
Date
Msg-id 27025.1197342485@sss.pgh.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter
List pgsql-patches
Tree view 
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> As of PG 8.3, libpq allows a conninfo string to be passed in via the
>> dbName parameter of PQsetdbLogin.

> I didn't even know we could do that. I always use the shell variable
> option instead. Does anyone actually use the facility?

Well, not yet, because it's new in 8.3 ...

            regards, tom lane

pgsql-patches by date:

Previous
From: "Joshua D. Drake"
Date:
Subject: Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter
Next
From: Stephen Frost
Date:
Subject: Re: Proposed patch to disallow password=foo in database name parameter