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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2003-01-07 04:25:29 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2003-01-07 04:25:29 +0000
commitc859cda7829f69d8d5562236fc012a3ff5f65012 (patch)
treef5409447317a488eeacb358e9758d3211d32b5a1 /doc/src
parent973a210cce990134f63da12f8ca2d4d0718a103e (diff)
Document libpq service capability, and add sample file.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.104 2003/01/06 22:48:16 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.105 2003/01/07 04:25:29 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@@ -209,6 +209,19 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>service</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Service name to use for additional parameters. It specifies a service
+ name in pg_service.conf that holds additional connection parameters.
+ This allows applications to specify only a service name so connection parameters
+ can be centrally maintained. See <literal>pg_service.conf.sample</> for
+ information on how to set up the file.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
If any parameter is unspecified, then the corresponding