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

On 03/31/2011 07:25 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Most database connectors/frameworks nowadays support a URI style
> connection string. Something like:
>
> pgsql://user:pass@host/database
>
> Do we think psql should support this style of connection string?
>
>

Syntactic sugar aside, what is the advantage of that over a conninfo string?

cheers

andrew