From d461e3387f7366f57fca50c2f207ac754c18235b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Nelson Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:11:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Note the need for percent encoding in passwords --- admin.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/admin.rst b/admin.rst index 95fd11b68..f70cf4d66 100644 --- a/admin.rst +++ b/admin.rst @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pre-request String ================ ====== ======= ======== db-uri - The standard connection PostgreSQL `URI format `_. On older systems like Centos 6, with older versions of libpq, a different db-uri syntax has to be used. In this case the URI is a string of space separated key-value pairs (key=value), so the example above would be :code:`"host=host user=user port=5432 dbname=dbname password=pass"`. Also allows connections over Unix sockets for higher performance. + The standard connection PostgreSQL `URI format `_. Symbols and unusual characters in the password or other fields should be percent encoded to avoid a parse error. On older systems like Centos 6, with older versions of libpq, a different db-uri syntax has to be used. In this case the URI is a string of space separated key-value pairs (key=value), so the example above would be :code:`"host=host user=user port=5432 dbname=dbname password=pass"`. Also allows connections over Unix sockets for higher performance. db-schema The database schema to expose to REST clients. Tables, views and stored procedures in this schema will get API endpoints. db-anon-role