Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> Have you tried it lately? I suspect that you are depending on code that
>> is not in libpq's current sources anymore. I fully agree with Peter E's
>> reasons for removing it, too. We do not need to overload the definition
>> of libpq's dbname parameter.
> Ouch, it *is* documented in ecpg(1). I guess if ecpg wants to provide
> this syntax (which it probably should, since the "sql connect to" syntax
> doesn't have any other provisions for host name, port, etc.) then it could
> take the code from libpq (it's still in there I think) and do the parsing
> before calling PQsetdbLogin().
That would make sense to me. It would be a good idea to fix the bugs
you were complaining of in November. The thing that jumped out at me
in a quick look is that update_db_info is freeing the initial
conn->dbName before it is done scanning it.
regards, tom lane