Re: Should psql support URI syntax?

On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 19:10 -0500, Joshua Berkus wrote:
> > I would think it would be purely syntatic sugar really, which does
> > incorporate a familiar interface for those who are working in
> > different
> > worlds (.Net/Drupal/JAVA) etc...
> 
> I wouldn't mind having something more standard supported; I'm always looking up the conninfo for the options I don't
usefrequently.
 
> 
> However, is there any standard for database URIs?

There is an IETF RFC for generic URI:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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