Re: Docs for service file

Joe Conway wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Oh, so there is one central server with connection information.
> > Interesting.  Might be easier to just NFS mount the pg_service.conf file
> > on all the machines.... at least easier for us.  ;-)
> >
>
> The way this is used on Oracle (at least in my experience) is to distribute a
> "tnsnames.ora" file to all of your client machines. Our Oracle dba maintains a
> master copy in cvs, and distributes changes whenever he adds or moves an
> Oracle instance (equiv to a single PostgreSQL database).

> It's a pain to keep the file syncronized, but it is nice to be able to able to
> type "prod" or "proto" or whatever depending on the database you want to
> connect to, without having to remember the actual server name and port.

You need to use NFS readonly mounts.

So it seems you use something almost identical to our client-side
pg_service.conf file in Oracle.

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