Socket connection URL for postgresql

[abyth]

The current connection URL approach has parsing issues when trying to connect to a PostgreSQL Server via Unix Domain Socket, because the host and database name are not separable ('/')

[passiomatic]

Could you give me an example? Thanks.

[abyth]

With the old configuration scheme this worked: hostname: /home/username/tmp username: username password: pw database: coldsweat The URL would look like this: postgresql://username:pw@/home/username/tmp/coldsweat

[passiomatic]

I see. Damn, I didn't think about the socket approach before ditching the connection parameters. Coldsweat could check for connection_url and then hostname/username/password/database options. Of course this defeats the purpose of the connection_url parameter, that is, simplify the code and configuration phase.

The other, painful way, is to maintain your branch of Coldsweat with the old connection method.