Hi
The help does says nothing, so how do we specify the postgreSQL URL in the second page of the new database wizzard?
It has to be something like ://:
Thanks
With the native postgreSQL connector the connection string is a little different.
It is not a URL at all, but rather just a text string made up of propertyname=value segments, separated by a space.
The required fields (properties) are, database name and host (or hostaddr). If the postgreSQL database is using a non standard port (5432) then that must be included also.
So, if I want to connect to a database, using the default postgres configuration, named postgres on my local machine the simplest connection string would be:
dbname=postgres host=localhost
Now let’s say that there is an older postgres engine running using the standard 5432 port and I want to connect to a newer one using port 5433, and that I want to connect with my user name db_user, with a password of libreoffice and I don’t want to type that password in each time I connect, then the connection string might look like:
dbname=postgres hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5433 user=db_user password=libreoffice
Note that I’ve used the hostaddr, instead of host here, bypassing any need to do a DNS lookup.
Finally, with the native connector all options in the connection string are accepted - you can find a full list of those here: PostgreSQl 9.1 Docs
Just remember that it is propertyName=value separated by spaces in Base.