Matthias Apitz writes:
> Sorry, it does not:
> testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help -Usisis | grep DBNAME
> psql [OPTION]... [DBNAME [USERNAME]]
> -d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "testpos")
While that's certainly confusing, I'm not sure it's wrong.
I'd interpret "
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 08:53:22AM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> What do I uderstand wrong?
Please check
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS
Specifically:
> dbname : The database name. Defaults to be the same as the user name.
> In certain con
Le ven. 6 août 2021 à 09:51, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
> El día viernes, agosto 06, 2021 a las 09:34:42a. m. +0200, Guillaume
> Lelarge escribió:
>
> > > No, it does not match all my examples. Read again what it says as
> > > default on --help.
> > >
> >
> > Actually, it does. You launched "psql -
El día viernes, agosto 06, 2021 a las 09:34:42a. m. +0200, Guillaume Lelarge
escribió:
> > No, it does not match all my examples. Read again what it says as
> > default on --help.
> >
>
> Actually, it does. You launched "psql --help" without specifying a
> PostgreSQL username and database name,
Le ven. 6 août 2021 à 09:25, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
> El día viernes, agosto 06, 2021 a las 09:07:56a. m. +0200, Guillaume
> Lelarge escribió:
>
> > Le ven. 6 août 2021 à 08:53, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
> >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help
> > > ...
> > > -d
El día viernes, agosto 06, 2021 a las 09:07:56a. m. +0200, Guillaume Lelarge
escribió:
> Le ven. 6 août 2021 à 08:53, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help
> > ...
> > -d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "testpos")
> >
On Friday, August 6, 2021, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> If unset, it will use the PostgreSQL user name also as the database name.
>
This is true, but its not what the docs says:
psql usage doc:
“The default user name is your operating-system user name, as is the
default database name.”
Specifyi
Le ven. 6 août 2021 à 08:53, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
>
> Hello,
>
> testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help
> ...
> -d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "testpos")
>
> testpos@srap53dxr1:~> whoami
> testpos
>
> testpos@srap53dxr1:~> env | grep PG
> PGPASSWORD=
> P
Hello,
testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help
...
-d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "testpos")
testpos@srap53dxr1:~> whoami
testpos
testpos@srap53dxr1:~> env | grep PG
PGPASSWORD=
PGHOST=localhost
PGPORT=5432
testpos@srap53dxr1:~> LANG=C psql -Usisis
psql (
