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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2003-01-06 22:48:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2003-01-06 22:48:16 +0000 |
| commit | c9cf982038e11f9ce3b8fb5634cf49e6900f48b9 (patch) | |
| tree | fb97c41d870225261d3a74635e62e4e19b75f49e /doc/src | |
| parent | 939a59ffc6c844e1697a1cc99f6a6b6c0fa09eb5 (diff) | |
Enable IPv6 libpq 'hostaddr' addresses. Update docs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 29c229da315..4b6caf46814 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.103 2002/12/13 05:49:10 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.104 2003/01/06 22:48:16 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -110,14 +110,15 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo) <listitem> <para> IP address of host to connect to. This should be in standard - numbers-and-dots form, as used by the BSD functions <function>inet_aton</> et al. If - a nonzero-length string is specified, TCP/IP communication is used. + IPv4 address format, e.g. <literal>172.28.40.9</>. If your machine + supports IPv6, you can also use those addresses. If a nonzero-length + string is specified, TCP/IP communication is used. </para> <para> Using <literal>hostaddr</> instead of host allows the application to avoid a host name look-up, which may be important in applications with time constraints. However, Kerberos authentication requires the host - name. The following therefore applies. If host is specified without + name. The following therefore applies: If host is specified without <literal>hostaddr</>, a host name lookup is forced. If <literal>hostaddr</> is specified without host, the value for <literal>hostaddr</> gives the remote address; if Kerberos is used, this causes a reverse name query. If both host and <literal>hostaddr</> are |