Re: [HACKERS] PGSERVICEFILE as a connection string parameter

Hi,

On 2017-02-27 14:43:49 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> I bumped into a case where it would have been rather useful to specify
> a service file path in a connection string with a service name. In my
> case, I have finished by setting up PGSERVICEFILE, but now like
> PGPASSFILE I think that being able to define the service file
> available as well as a connection parameter would be useful as well.
>
> I am not planning to work on that immediately (there is one day left
> for the last CF of PG10!), but I was wondering if people would be
> interested in something like that.

Hm - I'm not sure that's a good idea. service files are a libpq feature,
but connection strings are a bit more universal than just libpq...

Regards,

Andres