- Table of Contents
- connect -- open a connection to the database server
- get_defhost -- get default host name [DV]
- set_defhost -- set default host name [DV]
- get_defport -- get default port [DV]
- set_defport -- set default port [DV]
- get_defopt -- get default options specification [DV]
- set_defopt -- set default options specification [DV]
- get_deftty -- get default connection debug terminal specification [DV]
- set_deftty -- set default connection debug terminal specification [DV]
- get_defbase -- get default database name specification [DV]
- set_defbase -- set default database name specification [DV]
pg module defines only a few methods that allow
to connect to a database and to define "default
variables" that override the environment variables used by
PostgreSQL.
These "default variables" were designed to allow you
to handle general connection parameters without heavy code in your
programs. You can prompt the user for a value, put it in the
default variable, and forget it, without having to modify your
environment. The support for default variables can be disabled by
setting the -DNO_DEF_VAR option in the Python
Setup file. Methods relative to this are specified by the tag [DV].
All variables are set to None at module
initialization, specifying that standard environment variables
should be used.
