Hi, I' d really appreciate some help with the following issue: I'm using libq++ for a C++ frontend; the problem is I need to have many users who don't have accounts on the server. I tried to find information on connecting to the database specifying the username and password, but it looks like the libq++ functions rely on the environment variables. I used mysql for a while and I had no problem doing this from the C++ interface, and I know there has to be a way in postgresql, since psql can do it. Could someone please point me into the right direction? The pg_passwd man page seems to have something, but it only pertains to tcl; I could find nothing in the libq++ examples , the user/programmer's guides , or the mailing list archives. I looked in the header files also, but maybe I missed something ... any ideas? Thanks A LOT, Monica