PDO_PGSQL DSN
Connecting to PostgreSQL databases
Description
The PDO_PGSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements, delimited by spaces or semicolons:
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DSN prefix
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The DSN prefix is pgsql:.
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host
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The hostname on which the database server resides.
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port
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The port on which the database server is running.
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dbname
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The name of the database.
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user
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The name of the user for the connection. If you specify the user name
in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the user name argument in the
PDO constructor.
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password
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The password of the user for the connection. If you specify the
password in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the password argument
in the PDO constructor.
Note:
The bytea fields are returned as streams.
Examples
Example #1 PDO_PGSQL DSN examples
The following example shows a PDO_PGSQL DSN for connecting to
a PostgreSQL database:
pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=testdb;user=bruce;password=mypass