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Unsupported versions: 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1
Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.3 reached end of support in November 2007. See the current manual for supported releases.

set_defopt

Name

set_defopt -- set default options specification [DV]

Synopsis

set_defopt(options)

Parameters

options

New default connection options (string/None).

Return Type

string or None

Previous default opt specification.

Exceptions

TypeError

Bad argument type, or too many arguments.

Description

set_defopt() sets the default connection options value for new connections. If None is supplied as parameter, environment variables will be used in future connections. It returns the previous setting for default options.

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