2010/9/27 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Guillaume Du Pasquier
> <guillaume.dupasquier@sensometrix.ch> wrote:
>
>> Our client runs on the same machine as the postgresql server.
>> Would it be possible to use PF_UNIX sockets ?
>
> Yeah, actually that's the default, if you just run "psql" with no
> parameters. It looks for a socket in /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.
It depends on the interface; e.g., the JDBC driver doesn't support
unix sockets, AFAIR.
Nicolas
