Re: BUG #14912: Undocumented: 'psql -l' assumes database 'postgresql'not $USER - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On 2/2/18 17:05, David G. Johnston wrote:
>     What does "an explicit database name is not found" mean?
> 
> ​A name was not supplied to the psql command either as the first
> non-option argument, via the --dbname command line option, in the
> connection URI (possibly indirectly via a pg_service.conf entry), or via
> the PGDATABASE environment variable.

OK, clarified that a bit further.  Actually, an environment variable
does not take any effect for this.

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