Re: Thoughts on a "global" client configuration? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe have a way to specify one or more "base" configurations for each service?

For the use case I have in mind, my intention is that you shouldn't
have to use a service at all to get these defaults to apply.

> [service1] extends default
> host=postgres.example.com
> user=appuser

Nested services is interesting as well. I don't think it solves my use
case, because of a very subtle difference between defaults and
services (I intend to go into more detail in the other email I'm
typing up now).

> I don't know how big a deal it is that this is no longer an "INI" file.

We would almost certainly break some libpq-compatible software if we
added new syntax. I don't know if that's a feature or a bug yet, but I
do think it's avoidable, so I'm going to try to avoid it for now.
Needs more thought.

Thanks!
--Jacob