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Update postgresHasDefault() error message to document libpq defaults #553

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Align postgresDefault() and dbConnect() docs with libpq defaults
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Use platform-neutral 'local connection' in postgresHasDefault() message
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions R/default.R
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Expand Up @@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ postgresHasDefault <- function(...) {
error = function(...) {
message(
"Could not initialise default postgres database. If postgres is running\n",
"check that the environment variables PGHOST, PGPORT, \n",
"PGUSER, PGPASSWORD, and PGDATABASE, are defined and\n",
"point to your database."
"check that the connection works with default libpq settings.\n",
"The default connection uses the PGHOST, PGPORT, PGUSER, PGPASSWORD,\n",
"and PGDATABASE environment variables. If unset, libpq defaults are\n",
"used (local connection, port 5432, OS user name).\n",
"See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS"
)
FALSE
}
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