On tor, 2009-11-26 at 10:57 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> When using the "service" parameter in a libpq connection (e.g., psql
> service=foo), and the service name is not defined in pg_service.conf,
> then the setting is silently ignored and the connection proceeds with
> whatever other settings and defaults apply. That does not look very
> robust. Shouldn't there be an error when a specified service name does
> not exist?
Possible patch for this issue.