Mike Christensen <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Though I'm a bit curious why there's a host and hostaddr. Why can't it > just resolve whatever you give it? Well, it will ... if you use the "host" parameter. The whole point of "hostaddr" is that for that parameter, it will not try a DNS lookup. You'd only use that if you had issues with the speed or reliability of your DNS service. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general