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Please find enclosed a patch that lets you use \c to connect

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(optionally) to a new host and port without exiting psql.  This
eliminates, IMHO, a surprise in that you can now connect to PostgreSQL
on a differnt machine from the one where you started your session. This
should help people who use psql as an administrative tool.

David Fetter
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Bruce Momjian
2006-02-12 02:54:30 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.157 2005/12/20 00:51:45 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.158 2006/02/12 02:54:30 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>\connect</literal> (or <literal>\c</literal>) <literal>[ <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> [ <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable> ] ]</literal></term>
<term><literal>\connect</literal> (or <literal>\c</literal>) <literal>[ <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> [ <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable> ] ]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Establishes a connection to a new database and/or under a user
name. The previous connection is closed. If <replaceable
class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> is <literal>-</literal>
the current database name is assumed.
the current database name is assumed. Similar consideration
applies to <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable> and
<replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable>.
</para>
<para>