Re: [libdbi-devel] pgsql test

[Peter C. <cz...@ba...>]

Hello,

On 02/19/2011 02:10 PM, mar...@mh... wrote:
> I had to revisit this issue in a different context (libdbi-drivers Bug
> #3163428). Now pgsql and mysql are supposed to deal with ports the
> same way. If a string option is used to set the port, this port is
> used. If no string option is set, but a numeric option is set, use
> that. If neither is set, the port will be set to zero. This
> essentially means that applications using libdbi are expected to
> provide an appropriate port. There is nothing going to happen
> automagically. If this behaviour is not desired, feel free to request
> a change. As mentioned previously, we could provide the well-known
> defaults of pgsql and mysql instead of zero.
>
>   
One of the main values of libdbi that it hides driver specific details
from applications. So I was told by colleagues, that having default port
numbers in libdbi would be very welcome.
Bye,

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