Re: psql \conninfo command (was: Patch: psql \whoami option)

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, committed.
>
> When I specify the path of the directory for the Unix-domain socket
> as the host, \conninfo doesn't mention that this connection is based
> on the Unix-domain socket. Is this intentional?
>
> $ psql -h"/tmp" -c"\conninfo"
> You are connected to database "postgres" on host "/tmp" at port "5432"
> as user "postgres".
>
> I expected that something like
>
>    You are connected to database "postgres" via local socket on
> "/tmp" at port "5432" as user "postgres".

:-(

No, I didn't realize the host field could be used that way.  It's true
that you get a fairly similar message from \c, but that's not exactly
intuitive either.

rhaas=# \c - - /tmp -
You are now connected to database "rhaas" on host "/tmp".

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