Re: ldap connection parameter lookup

On Fri, 2021-01-15 at 14:09 +0000, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote: 
> I want to use ldap to lookup the connection parameters:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq-ldap.html
>  
>  
> Do I have to create one static entry per database within pg_service.conf like:
>  
> [mydatabase]
> ldap://ldap.mycompany.com/dc=mycompany,dc=com?description?one?(cn=mydatabase)
>  
>  
> or is there also some kind of generic variant like this (meaning lookup connection parameters for the database name I
tellyou somehow):
 
>  
> [${PGDATABASE}]
> ldap://ldap.mycompany.com/dc=mycompany,dc=com?description?one?(cn=${PGDATABASE})

I proposed something like that a while ago:
https://postgr.es/m/D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C2F3442B%40exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at
but it was rejected.

Perhaps you could come up with a better version.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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