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Fix regression in .pgpass support. From Neil Conway.

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Tom Lane
2003-01-30 19:49:54 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.106 2003/01/19 00:13:28 momjian Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.107 2003/01/30 19:49:54 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@ -203,9 +203,12 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo)
<term><literal>requiressl</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set to 1 to require SSL connection to the backend. <application>Libpq</>
will then refuse to connect if the server does not support
SSL. Set to 0 (default) to negotiate with server.
Set to 1 to require <acronym>SSL</acronym> connection to the server.
<application>Libpq</> will then refuse to connect if the server does not
accept an <acronym>SSL</acronym> connection.
Set to 0 (default) to negotiate with server.
This option is only available if
<productname>PostgreSQL</> is compiled with SSL support.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -2010,10 +2013,11 @@ routines like <function>PQgetvalue</function>.
<para>
The following environment variables can be used to select default
connection parameter values, which will be used by <function>PQconnectdb</function> or
<function>PQsetdbLogin</function> if no value is directly specified by the calling code.
These are useful to avoid hard-coding database names into simple
application programs.
connection parameter values, which will be used by
<function>PQconnectdb</>, <function>PQsetdbLogin</> and
<function>PQsetdb</> if no value is directly specified by the calling
code. These are useful to avoid hard-coding database connection
information into simple client applications.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -2091,6 +2095,25 @@ the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> backend.
messages from the backend server are displayed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGREQUIRESSL</envar> sets whether or not the connection must be
made over <acronym>SSL</acronym>. If set to
<quote>1</quote>, <application>libpq</>
will refuse to connect if the server does not accept
an <acronym>SSL</acronym> connection.
This option is only available if
<productname>PostgreSQL</> is compiled with SSL support.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT</envar> sets the maximum number of seconds
that <application>libpq</application> will wait when attempting to
connect to the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server. This
option should be set to at least 2 seconds.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@ -2161,10 +2184,10 @@ a password. This file should have the format:
<synopsis>
<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable>
</synopsis>
Any of these may be a literal name, or <literal>*</literal>, which matches
anything. The first match will be used so put more specific entries first.
Entries with <literal>:</literal> or <literal>\</literal> should be escaped
with <literal>\</literal>.
Any of these may be a literal name, or <literal>*</literal>, which
matches anything. The first matching entry will be used, so put more-specific
entries first. When an entry contains <literal>:</literal> or
<literal>\</literal>, it must be escaped with <literal>\</literal>.
</para>
<para>
The permissions on <filename>.pgpass</filename> must disallow any