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| author | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2012-12-11 16:30:07 -0500 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2012-12-11 16:34:17 -0500 |
| commit | 0eed8ece320a8a0334c78abc43c82fdb9f1f9827 (patch) | |
| tree | cae61a9ce286b207e91e0707ac4103e6a9f21981 /docs/ref/settings.txt | |
| parent | 7e97f4f510b2972c867ae7674fc40134413c16ab (diff) | |
Fixed #19377 - Emphasized database host link in tutorial
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index b17f88ab4a..2177945d22 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -431,10 +431,12 @@ MySQL will connect via a Unix socket to the specified socket. For example:: If you're using MySQL and this value *doesn't* start with a forward slash, then this value is assumed to be the host. -If you're using PostgreSQL, an empty string means to use a Unix domain socket -for the connection, rather than a network connection to localhost. If you -explicitly need to use a TCP/IP connection on the local machine with -PostgreSQL, specify ``localhost`` here. +If you're using PostgreSQL, by default (empty :setting:`HOST`), the connection +to the database is done through UNIX domain sockets ('local' lines in +``pg_hba.conf``). If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set +:setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``). +On Windows, you should always define :setting:`HOST`, as UNIX domain sockets +are not available. .. setting:: NAME |