Florian Weimer <fwei...@bfk.de> writes: > * Alex Shulgin: > >> Yeah, this is really appealing, however how do you tell if the part >> after the last slash is a socket directory name or a dbname? E.g: >> >> psql postgres:///path/to/different/socket/dir (default dbname) >> psql postgres:///path/to/different/socket/dir/other (dbname=other ?) > > The HTTP precent is to probe the file system until you find something. > Most HTTP servers have something similar to the PATH_INFO variable which > captures trailing path segments. > > It's ugly, but it's standard practice, and seems better than a separate > -d parameter (which sort of defeats the purpose of URIs).
Hm, do you see anything what's wrong with "?dbname=other" if you don't like a separate -d? -- Alex -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
