Re: [PATCHES] psql commandline conninfo

I assume this patch will still allow a database name with an equals
sign, right?


    psql "dbname='a=b'"


The libpq documentation isn't clear that single-quotes also escape
equals, but I assume that is true looking at the code:

    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/libpq-connect.html

    The passed string can be empty to use all default parameters, or it can
    contain one or more parameter settings separated by whitespace. Each
    parameter setting is in the form keyword = value. Spaces around the
    equal sign are optional. To write an empty value or a value containing
    spaces, surround it with single quotes, e.g., keyword = 'a value'.
    Single quotes and backslashes within the value must be escaped with a
    backslash, i.e., \' and \\.


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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> >>
> >>> We change libpq from time to time. Besides, how many DBs are there that
> >>> match the name pattern /^conn:.*=/ ? My guess is mighty few. So I don't
> >>> expect lots of surprise.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Um, but how many DB names have an "=" in them at all?
> >>
> >> Basically what this proposal is about is migrating from separated
> >> dbname/user/host/port/etc parameters to a unified conninfo parameter.
> >> That seems to me like a good long-term objective, and so I'm willing
> >> to break a few eggs on the way to the omelet, as long as we're not
> >> breaking any very likely usages.
> >>
> >> So: who here has a database with "=" in the name?  And hands up if
> >> you've got a database whose name begins with "conn:"?
> >>
> >> I'm betting zero response rate on both of those, so see no reason to
> >> contort the long-term definition for a very marginal difference in
> >> the extent of backwards compatibility ...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm not sure -hackers is the most representative group to poll regarding
> > dbnames in use ...
> >
> > Anyway, if I understand your current position, the only change needed to
> > my current patch would be that if we fail to parse a dbname parameter
> > that contains an = we simply fail at that point, rather than retrying it
> > as a straight database name.
> >
> > I'm OK with that.
> >
>
>
> Here's the patch for what I think is the consensus position. If there's no
> objection I will apply this and document it.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew

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