Re: psql --no-connect option

On Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM CDT, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> Currently, psql exits if a database connection is not established when
> psql is launched.
>
> Sometimes it may be useful to launch psql without connecting to the
> database. For example, a user may choose to start psql and then pipe
> commands via stdin, one of which may eventually perform the \connect
> command. Or the user may be interested in performing operations that
> psql can perform, like setting variables etc., before optionally
> initiating a connection.

Speaking for myself, but you do bring up a fairly interesting usecase.
Is this a feature you have found yourself wanting in the past?

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Tristan Partin
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