Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> I wonder if we shouldn't instead try to break it up in parts that can be
> explained or described separately. This many brackets makes it pretty
> hard to read.
> We could say something like
> postgresql://[userspec@][hostspec][/dbname][?paramspec]
> where
> userspec is user[:password]
> hostspec is [[host][:port]][,...]
> paramspec is param1=value1&...
+1. I think you could lose the outer brackets in hostspec in
this formulation, ie given that hostspec is already bracketed
above, it should be enough to write
hostspec is [host][:port][,...]
Also, the paramspec is under-bracketed today. Should be
more like
paramspec is param=value[&...]
regards, tom lane
