"Tom Lane" wrote in message news:26413.1188010872@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: > "Stuart" <smcg2297@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I can't find an option in psql to connect to a database > >> by "service" name? Should there be one? > > In 8.3 libpq will have code that interprets what's usually the database > name parameter as a "conninfo" string if there's an "=" in it, [...] Thank you, that's good news! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match