unix sockets

[Paul J Stevens]

Jan-Henrik Haukeland wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Paul J Stevens wrote:
> 
>> Is there a mechanism for connecting to postgresql through a unix  
>> socket?
>>
>> I see there is a 'unix-socket' query option for mysql, but what  
>> about pgsql?
> 
> No there isn't, but I was looking at the postgresql doc now and it  
> should be easy to add. Its simply a matter of replacing hostname at  
> connection time with the path to the dir containing the named socket.  
> I'll put it on mine backburner TODO list, unless you need it now for  
> the next DBMail release?

Well, I'll 'need' it before releasing 2.4.0 but that one is still at
least a few months away.


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