Re: psql -p 5433; create database test; \c test failing

On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 12:15:08PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com> writes:
> > Why is it trying to use 5432? Am I missing something? Is that the
> > expected behaviour?
>
> > Michael Fuhr hinted that
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-02/msg00139.php
> > may be the cause of that.
>
> Confirmed here: \c drops the previous port connection setting (and
> the host too according to my testing).  This is clearly a bug --- at
> least, there was no hint in the patch description that it would
> change the behavior of previously-accepted cases, and it would have
> had to withstand much more careful review if that were stated to be
> the case.

I believe that this patch fixes the problem.  Should there be
something in the regression tests for this?

Cheers,
D
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