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<h1 class="refname">PDO_PGSQL DSN</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL PDO_PGSQL >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">PDO_PGSQL DSN</span> — <span class="dc-title">Connecting to PostgreSQL databases</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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The PDO_PGSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements, delimited by spaces or semicolons:
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term">DSN prefix</span>
<dd>
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The DSN prefix is <strong class="userinput"><code>pgsql:</code></strong>.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em>host</em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The hostname on which the database server resides.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em>port</em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The port on which the database server is running.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><em>dbname</em></span>
<dd>
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The name of the database.
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<span class="term"><em>user</em></span>
<dd>
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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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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em>password</em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
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.
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</dd>
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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The <em>bytea</em> fields are returned as streams.
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<p><strong>Example #1 PDO_PGSQL DSN examples</strong></p>
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The following example shows a PDO_PGSQL DSN for connecting to
a PostgreSQL database:
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pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=testdb;user=bruce;password=mypass
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