doc: libpq connection options can override command-line flags

Reported-by: Alexander Lakhin
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16486-b9c93d71c02c4907@postgresql.org

Backpatch-through: 9.5

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml
index 177856ca74d257a54e0b5f01d5caa6236f6b5604..c53bacf8648c08e36b23813b173fa529b05b0519 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml

index 44e7b2444b7ea2fb014fbc647df53797775ff769..e993e8761c13f502c48c03fafb189a58477381bd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml

index e09ed0a4c3ac347d3db367ab7e9661e3371179bf..1400cf87759923eff4617803d7a5eeba1865df66 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1132,14 +1132,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See  for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml

index 5b514e4567b20f234a04be6cbb44d18b343b7761..4360b2cf5773a7d5b6725e77e81e0f8519e5585d 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml

index 3d5b551b87f26493476dee1e8fe0b7ca7adf39d9..ba25ca65a40e00c39330eb0d44c26342ceaefb12 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=dbname
       
       
-       Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+       dbname can be a 
+       linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+       connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+       line options.
       
       
     


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml

index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index 44e7b2444b7ea2fb014fbc647df53797775ff769..e993e8761c13f502c48c03fafb189a58477381bd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml

index e09ed0a4c3ac347d3db367ab7e9661e3371179bf..1400cf87759923eff4617803d7a5eeba1865df66 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1132,14 +1132,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See  for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml

index 5b514e4567b20f234a04be6cbb44d18b343b7761..4360b2cf5773a7d5b6725e77e81e0f8519e5585d 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml

index 3d5b551b87f26493476dee1e8fe0b7ca7adf39d9..ba25ca65a40e00c39330eb0d44c26342ceaefb12 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=dbname
       
       
-       Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+       dbname can be a 
+       linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+       connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+       line options.
       
       
     


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml

index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index e09ed0a4c3ac347d3db367ab7e9661e3371179bf..1400cf87759923eff4617803d7a5eeba1865df66 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1132,14 +1132,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See  for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml

index 5b514e4567b20f234a04be6cbb44d18b343b7761..4360b2cf5773a7d5b6725e77e81e0f8519e5585d 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml

index 3d5b551b87f26493476dee1e8fe0b7ca7adf39d9..ba25ca65a40e00c39330eb0d44c26342ceaefb12 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=dbname
       
       
-       Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+       dbname can be a 
+       linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+       connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+       line options.
       
       
     


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml

index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index 5b514e4567b20f234a04be6cbb44d18b343b7761..4360b2cf5773a7d5b6725e77e81e0f8519e5585d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml

index 3d5b551b87f26493476dee1e8fe0b7ca7adf39d9..ba25ca65a40e00c39330eb0d44c26342ceaefb12 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=dbname
       
       
-       Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+       dbname can be a 
+       linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+       connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+       line options.
       
       
     


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml

index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
index 3d5b551b87f26493476dee1e8fe0b7ca7adf39d9..ba25ca65a40e00c39330eb0d44c26342ceaefb12 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_isready.sgml
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=dbname
       
       
-       Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+       dbname can be a 
+       linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+       connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+       line options.
       
       
     


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml

index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
index 865ec84262190e8a27165a797ff60eee46c4ae70..26a66c0e19b896fe0289f3e836761c849ad0185a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --dbname=connstr
       
        
-        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
-        string. See  for more information.
+        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connction string;  these
+        will override any conflicting command line options.
        
        
         The option is called --dbname for consistency with other


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml

index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
index 41508fdc1e56cc6c9c9322c371580a1f3ba54315..6b1d98d06ef1f69c06840aba465e9b79ba946ecd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -273,14 +273,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
     
       
-       -d database
-       --dbname=database
+       -d dbname
+       --dbname=dbname
        
         
-         The database to connect to.  See the description of the actions for
-         what this means in detail.  This can be a libpq connection string;
-         see  for more information.  Defaults
-         to user name.
+         The database to connect to.  See the description
+         of the actions for what this means in detail.
+         The dbname can be a 
+         linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+         connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+         command line options.  Defaults to the user name.
         
        
       


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
index e0d9d2ad64f407e3124616ba4e88968ecad432b9..93ea937ac8ea7e526a0da89a3e712436db8e7155 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        
         Connect to database 
         class="parameter">dbname and restore directly
-        into the database.
+        into the database.  The dbname can
+        be a connection string.
+        If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+        command line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index ef18fe27e03c9c4869c9617a9f35268a2c77639b..aed051f543c0110fd0f2655cd266909b51e00bad 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -168,15 +168,10 @@ EOF
        Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
        equivalent to specifying 
        class="parameter">dbname as the first non-option
-       argument on the command line.
-      
-      
-       If this parameter contains an = sign or starts
-       with a valid URI prefix
-       (postgresql://
-       or postgres://), it is treated as a
-       conninfo string. See 
-       linkend="libpq-connstring"/> for more information.
+       argument on the command line.  The dbname
+       can be a connection string.
+       If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
+       command line options.
       
       
     
@@ -498,7 +493,7 @@ EOF
      
       
        Never issue a password prompt.  If the server requires password
-       authentication and a password is not available by other means
+       authentication and a password is not available from other sources
        such as a .pgpass file, the connection
        attempt will fail.  This option can be useful in batch jobs and
        scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
@@ -518,13 +513,15 @@ EOF
       
       
        Force psql to prompt for a
-       password before connecting to a database.
+       password before connecting to a database, even if the password will
+       not be used.
       
 
       
-       This option is never essential, since psql
-       will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands
-       password authentication.  However, psql
+       If the server requires password authentication and a password is not
+       available from other sources such as a .pgpass
+       file, psql will prompt for a
+       password in any case.  However, psql
        will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a
        password.  In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid
        the extra connection attempt.


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml

index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      




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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
index 4f821c2095ef71d31b10ddac46bd7dc2a134e6f7..0f3f12bfbfc65fb31a4022c52b40a86693a87064 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml

index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.
        
       
      

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
index 7b1395055244d18ccbcb04724938f00236d384a2..766c6882bd4caf1364e28810800768fb2760afdd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         --all) is not used, the database name is read
         from the environment variable PGDATABASE.  If
         that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
-        used.
+        used.  The dbname can be a 
+        linkend="libpq-connstring">connection string.  If so,
+        connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
+        line options.