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1 | 1 | <!-- |
2 | | -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.46 2000/11/13 23:37:51 momjian Exp $ |
| 2 | +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.47 2000/11/14 01:53:37 momjian Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
4 | 4 |
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5 | 5 | <chapter id="libpq-chapter"> |
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo) |
87 | 87 | <term><literal>host</literal></term> |
88 | 88 | <listitem> |
89 | 89 | <para> |
90 | | - Name of host to connect to. If a non-zero-length string is |
91 | | - specified, TCP/IP communication is used, else Unix sockets. |
| 90 | + Name of host to connect to. |
92 | 91 | Using this parameter causes a hostname look-up. See hostaddr. |
| 92 | + If it begins with a slash, it is used |
| 93 | + as the path to a unix domain socket. |
93 | 94 | </para> |
94 | 95 | </listitem> |
95 | 96 | </varlistentry> |
@@ -1838,7 +1839,8 @@ application programs. |
1838 | 1839 | <listitem> |
1839 | 1840 | <para> |
1840 | 1841 | <envar>PGHOST</envar> sets the default server name. |
1841 | | -If a non-zero-length string is specified, TCP/IP communication is used. |
| 1842 | +If it beings with a slash, it is used as the path to a unix domain |
| 1843 | +socket. |
1842 | 1844 | Without a host name, libpq will connect using a local Unix domain socket. |
1843 | 1845 | </para> |
1844 | 1846 | </listitem> |
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