diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index f0167a64bc91c0517739c5556ea7cb1c45a14c78..124c21bed74b324efe48d31f2964f1397f029b5c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -887,6 +887,42 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
host will be tried in turn until a connection is successfully established.
</para>
</sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="libpq-multiple-hosts">
+ <title>Specifying Multiple Hosts</title>
+
+ <para>
+ It is possible to specify multiple hosts to connect to, so that they are
+ tried in the given order. In the Keyword/Value format, the <literal>host</>,
+ <literal>hostaddr</>, and <literal>port</> options accept a comma-separated
+ list of values. The same number of elements must be given in each option, such
+ that e.g. the first <literal>hostaddr</> corresponds to the first host name,
+ the second <literal>hostaddr</> corresponds to the second host name, and so
+ forth. As an exception, if only one <literal>port</literal> is specified, it
+ applies to all the hosts.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In the connection URI format, you can list multiple <literal>host:port</> pairs
+ separated by commas, in the <literal>host</> component of the URI. In either
+ format, a single hostname can also translate to multiple network addresses. A
+ common example of this is a host that has both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ When multiple hosts are specified, or when a single hostname is
+ translated to multiple addresses, all the hosts and addresses will be
+ tried in order, until one succeeds. If none of the hosts can be reached,
+ the connection fails. If a connection is established successfully, but
+ authentication fails, the remaining hosts in the list are not tried.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If a password file is used, you can have different passwords for
+ different hosts. All the other connection options are the same for every
+ host, it is not possible to e.g. specify a different username for
+ different hosts.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="libpq-paramkeywords">
@@ -900,7 +936,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
<term><literal>host</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Comma-separated list of host names.<indexterm><primary>host name</></>
+ Name of host to connect to.<indexterm><primary>host name</></>
If a host name begins with a slash, it specifies Unix-domain
communication rather than TCP/IP communication; the value is the
name of the directory in which the socket file is stored. If
@@ -912,6 +948,11 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
when <productname>PostgreSQL</> was built). On machines without
Unix-domain sockets, the default is to connect to <literal>localhost</>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ A comma-separated list of host names is also accepted, in which case
+ each host name in the list is tried in order. See
+ <xref linkend="libpq-multiple-hosts"> for details.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -965,6 +1006,11 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
<xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
</para>
+ <para>
+ A comma-separated list of <literal>hostaddrs</> is also accepted, in
+ which case each host in the list is tried in order. See
+ <xref linkend="libpq-multiple-hosts"> for details.
+ </para>
<para>
Without either a host name or host address,
<application>libpq</application> will connect using a
@@ -981,9 +1027,10 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
Port number to connect to at the server host, or socket file
name extension for Unix-domain
connections.<indexterm><primary>port</></>
- If the <literal>host</> parameter included multiple, comma-separated
- hosts, this parameter may specify a list of ports of equal length,
- or it may specify a single port number to be used for all hosts.
+ If multiple hosts were given in the <literal>host</literal> or
+ <literal>hostaddr</> parameters, this parameter may specify a list
+ of ports of equal length, or it may specify a single port number to
+ be used for all hosts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index 2f7b4060df06a600931a2db74b36b10623412401..e548f3f06216659383654bb81256a7ae14eaaa3d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -827,6 +827,62 @@ connectOptions1(PGconn *conn, const char *conninfo)
return true;
}
+/*
+ * Count the number of elements in a simple comma-separated list.
+ */
+static int
+count_comma_separated_elems(const char *input)
+{
+ int n;
+
+ n = 1;
+ for (; *input != '\0'; input++)
+ {
+ if (*input == ',')
+ n++;
+ }
+
+ return n;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse a simple comma-separated list.
+ *
+ * On each call, returns a malloc'd copy of the next element, and sets *more
+ * to indicate whether there are any more elements in the list after this,
+ * and updates *startptr to point to the next element, if any.
+ *
+ * On out of memory, returns NULL.
+ */
+static char *
+parse_comma_separated_list(char **startptr, bool *more)
+{
+ char *p;
+ char *s = *startptr;
+ char *e;
+ int len;
+
+ /*
+ * Search for the end of the current element; a comma or end-of-string
+ * acts as a terminator.
+ */
+ e = s;
+ while (*e != '\0' && *e != ',')
+ ++e;
+ *more = (*e == ',');
+
+ len = e - s;
+ p = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * (len + 1));
+ if (p)
+ {
+ memcpy(p, s, len);
+ p[len] = '\0';
+ }
+ *startptr = e + 1;
+
+ return p;
+}
+
/*
* connectOptions2
*
@@ -840,21 +896,16 @@ connectOptions2(PGconn *conn)
{
/*
* Allocate memory for details about each host to which we might possibly
- * try to connect. If pghostaddr is set, we're only going to try to
- * connect to that one particular address. If it's not, we'll use pghost,
- * which may contain multiple, comma-separated names.
+ * try to connect. For that, count the number of elements in the hostaddr
+ * or host options. If neither is given, assume one host.
*/
- conn->nconnhost = 1;
conn->whichhost = 0;
- if ((conn->pghostaddr == NULL || conn->pghostaddr[0] == '\0')
- && conn->pghost != NULL)
- {
- char *s;
-
- for (s = conn->pghost; *s != '\0'; ++s)
- if (*s == ',')
- conn->nconnhost++;
- }
+ if (conn->pghostaddr && conn->pghostaddr[0] != '\0')
+ conn->nconnhost = count_comma_separated_elems(conn->pghostaddr);
+ else if (conn->pghost && conn->pghost[0] != '\0')
+ conn->nconnhost = count_comma_separated_elems(conn->pghost);
+ else
+ conn->nconnhost = 1;
conn->connhost = (pg_conn_host *)
calloc(conn->nconnhost, sizeof(pg_conn_host));
if (conn->connhost == NULL)
@@ -866,51 +917,67 @@ connectOptions2(PGconn *conn)
*/
if (conn->pghostaddr != NULL && conn->pghostaddr[0] != '\0')
{
- conn->connhost[0].host = strdup(conn->pghostaddr);
- if (conn->connhost[0].host == NULL)
- goto oom_error;
- conn->connhost[0].type = CHT_HOST_ADDRESS;
+ int i;
+ char *s = conn->pghostaddr;
+ bool more = true;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < conn->nconnhost && more; i++)
+ {
+ conn->connhost[i].hostaddr = parse_comma_separated_list(&s, &more);
+ if (conn->connhost[i].hostaddr == NULL)
+ goto oom_error;
+
+ conn->connhost[i].type = CHT_HOST_ADDRESS;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If hostaddr was given, the array was allocated according to the
+ * number of elements in the hostaddr list, so it really should be the
+ * right size.
+ */
+ Assert(!more);
+ Assert(i == conn->nconnhost);
}
- else if (conn->pghost != NULL && conn->pghost[0] != '\0')
+
+ if (conn->pghost != NULL && conn->pghost[0] != '\0')
{
- int i = 0;
+ int i;
char *s = conn->pghost;
+ bool more = true;
- while (1)
+ for (i = 0; i < conn->nconnhost && more; i++)
{
- char *e = s;
-
- /*
- * Search for the end of the current hostname; a comma or
- * end-of-string acts as a terminator.
- */
- while (*e != '\0' && *e != ',')
- ++e;
-
- /* Copy the hostname whose bounds we just identified. */
- conn->connhost[i].host =
- (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * (e - s + 1));
+ conn->connhost[i].host = parse_comma_separated_list(&s, &more);
if (conn->connhost[i].host == NULL)
goto oom_error;
- memcpy(conn->connhost[i].host, s, e - s);
- conn->connhost[i].host[e - s] = '\0';
/* Identify the type of host. */
- conn->connhost[i].type = CHT_HOST_NAME;
+ if (conn->pghostaddr == NULL || conn->pghostaddr[0] == '\0')
+ {
+ conn->connhost[i].type = CHT_HOST_NAME;
#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
- if (is_absolute_path(conn->connhost[i].host))
- conn->connhost[i].type = CHT_UNIX_SOCKET;
+ if (is_absolute_path(conn->connhost[i].host))
+ conn->connhost[i].type = CHT_UNIX_SOCKET;
#endif
-
- /* Prepare to find the next host (if any). */
- if (*e == '\0')
- break;
- s = e + 1;
- i++;
+ }
+ }
+ if (more || i != conn->nconnhost)
+ {
+ conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
+ printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
+ libpq_gettext("could not match %d host names to %d hostaddrs\n"),
+ count_comma_separated_elems(conn->pghost), conn->nconnhost);
+ return false;
}
}
- else
+
+ /*
+ * If neither host or hostaddr options was given, connect to default host.
+ */
+ if ((conn->pghostaddr == NULL || conn->pghostaddr[0] == '\0') &&
+ (conn->pghost == NULL || conn->pghost[0] == '\0'))
{
+ Assert(conn->nconnhost == 1);
#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
conn->connhost[0].host = strdup(DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR);
conn->connhost[0].type = CHT_UNIX_SOCKET;
@@ -927,54 +994,36 @@ connectOptions2(PGconn *conn)
*/
if (conn->pgport != NULL && conn->pgport[0] != '\0')
{
- int i = 0;
+ int i;
char *s = conn->pgport;
- int nports = 1;
+ bool more = true;
- for (i = 0; i < conn->nconnhost; ++i)
+ for (i = 0; i < conn->nconnhost && more; i++)
{
- char *e = s;
-
- /* Search for the end of the current port number. */
- while (*e != '\0' && *e != ',')
- ++e;
+ conn->connhost[i].port = parse_comma_separated_list(&s, &more);
+ if (conn->connhost[i].port == NULL)
+ goto oom_error;
+ }
- /*
- * If we found a port number of non-zero length, copy it.
- * Otherwise, insert the default port number.
- */
- if (e > s)
+ /*
+ * If exactly one port was given, use it for every host. Otherwise,
+ * there must be exactly as many ports as there were hosts.
+ */
+ if (i == 1 && !more)
+ {
+ for (i = 1; i < conn->nconnhost; i++)
{
- conn->connhost[i].port =
- (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * (e - s + 1));
+ conn->connhost[i].port = strdup(conn->connhost[0].port);
if (conn->connhost[i].port == NULL)
goto oom_error;
- memcpy(conn->connhost[i].port, s, e - s);
- conn->connhost[i].port[e - s] = '\0';
- }
-
- /*
- * Move on to the next port number, unless there are no more. (If
- * only one part number is specified, we reuse it for every host.)
- */
- if (*e != '\0')
- {
- s = e + 1;
- ++nports;
}
}
-
- /*
- * If multiple ports were specified, there must be exactly as many
- * ports as there were hosts. Otherwise, we do not know how to match
- * them up.
- */
- if (nports != 1 && nports != conn->nconnhost)
+ else if (more || i != conn->nconnhost)
{
conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
libpq_gettext("could not match %d port numbers to %d hosts\n"),
- nports, conn->nconnhost);
+ count_comma_separated_elems(conn->pgport), conn->nconnhost);
return false;
}
}
@@ -1048,8 +1097,8 @@ connectOptions2(PGconn *conn)
char *pwhost = conn->connhost[i].host;
if (conn->connhost[i].type == CHT_HOST_ADDRESS &&
- conn->pghost != NULL && conn->pghost[0] != '\0')
- pwhost = conn->pghost;
+ conn->connhost[i].host != NULL && conn->connhost[i].host != '\0')
+ pwhost = conn->connhost[i].hostaddr;
conn->connhost[i].password =
passwordFromFile(pwhost,
@@ -1399,8 +1448,8 @@ connectFailureMessage(PGconn *conn, int errorno)
* Optionally display the network address with the hostname. This is
* useful to distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
*/
- if (conn->pghostaddr != NULL)
- strlcpy(host_addr, conn->pghostaddr, NI_MAXHOST);
+ if (conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].type == CHT_HOST_ADDRESS)
+ strlcpy(host_addr, conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].hostaddr, NI_MAXHOST);
else if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET)
{
if (inet_net_ntop(AF_INET,
@@ -1423,7 +1472,10 @@ connectFailureMessage(PGconn *conn, int errorno)
strcpy(host_addr, "???");
/* To which host and port were we actually connecting? */
- displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host;
+ if (conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].type == CHT_HOST_ADDRESS)
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].hostaddr;
+ else
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host;
displayed_port = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].port;
if (displayed_port == NULL || displayed_port[0] == '\0')
displayed_port = DEF_PGPORT_STR;
@@ -1433,8 +1485,8 @@ connectFailureMessage(PGconn *conn, int errorno)
* 'host' was missing or does not match our lookup, display the
* looked-up IP address.
*/
- if ((conn->pghostaddr == NULL) &&
- (conn->pghost == NULL || strcmp(conn->pghost, host_addr) != 0))
+ if (conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].type != CHT_HOST_ADDRESS &&
+ strcmp(displayed_host, host_addr) != 0)
appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
libpq_gettext("could not connect to server: %s\n"
"\tIs the server running on host \"%s\" (%s) and accepting\n"
@@ -1659,7 +1711,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
hint.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
/* Figure out the port number we're going to use. */
- if (ch->port == NULL)
+ if (ch->port == NULL || ch->port[0] == '\0')
thisport = DEF_PGPORT;
else
{
@@ -1689,7 +1741,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
case CHT_HOST_ADDRESS:
hint.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST;
- ret = pg_getaddrinfo_all(ch->host, portstr, &hint, &ch->addrlist);
+ ret = pg_getaddrinfo_all(ch->hostaddr, portstr, &hint, &ch->addrlist);
if (ret || !ch->addrlist)
appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
libpq_gettext("could not parse network address \"%s\": %s\n"),
@@ -3041,6 +3093,9 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
}
case CONNECTION_CHECK_WRITABLE:
{
+ const char *displayed_host;
+ const char *displayed_port;
+
if (!saveErrorMessage(conn, &savedMessage))
goto error_return;
@@ -3067,6 +3122,17 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
val = PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0);
if (strncmp(val, "on", 2) == 0)
{
+ const char *displayed_host;
+ const char *displayed_port;
+
+ if (conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].type == CHT_HOST_ADDRESS)
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].hostaddr;
+ else
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host;
+ displayed_port = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].port;
+ if (displayed_port == NULL || displayed_port[0] == '\0')
+ displayed_port = DEF_PGPORT_STR;
+
PQclear(res);
restoreErrorMessage(conn, &savedMessage);
@@ -3075,8 +3141,7 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
libpq_gettext("could not make a writable "
"connection to server "
"\"%s:%s\"\n"),
- conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host,
- conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].port);
+ displayed_host, displayed_port);
conn->status = CONNECTION_OK;
sendTerminateConn(conn);
pqDropConnection(conn, true);
@@ -3113,11 +3178,18 @@ keep_going: /* We will come back to here until there is
if (res)
PQclear(res);
restoreErrorMessage(conn, &savedMessage);
+
+ if (conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].type == CHT_HOST_ADDRESS)
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].hostaddr;
+ else
+ displayed_host = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host;
+ displayed_port = conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].port;
+ if (displayed_port == NULL || displayed_port[0] == '\0')
+ displayed_port = DEF_PGPORT_STR;
appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
libpq_gettext("test \"SHOW transaction_read_only\" failed "
"on server \"%s:%s\"\n"),
- conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].host,
- conn->connhost[conn->whichhost].port);
+ displayed_host, displayed_port);
conn->status = CONNECTION_OK;
sendTerminateConn(conn);
pqDropConnection(conn, true);
@@ -3350,6 +3422,8 @@ freePGconn(PGconn *conn)
{
if (conn->connhost[i].host != NULL)
free(conn->connhost[i].host);
+ if (conn->connhost[i].hostaddr != NULL)
+ free(conn->connhost[i].hostaddr);
if (conn->connhost[i].port != NULL)
free(conn->connhost[i].port);
if (conn->connhost[i].password != NULL)
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
index ff5020fc0c55e895643e951aadbc1cab6b62667b..42913604e3969c8ece18e2160f0242e97ebace5d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ typedef enum pg_conn_host_type
*/
typedef struct pg_conn_host
{
- char *host; /* host name or address, or socket path */
pg_conn_host_type type; /* type of host */
+ char *host; /* host name or socket path */
+ char *hostaddr; /* host address */
char *port; /* port number for this host; if not NULL,
* overrides the PGConn's pgport */
char *password; /* password for this host, read from the