pgdb.connect() seems to be broken on Python 2.0.1 (which ships with

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit be9728acf139 · 2002-04-24T01:58:31.000Z
Slackware 8), and perhaps on other Pythons, haven't checked.  Something in
the _pg.connect() call isn't working.  I think the problem stems from the
fact that 'host' is a named parameter of both _pg.connect and pgdb.connect,
and so Python treats it as a variable assignment, not a named parameter.

Uses non-named parameters.

Andrew Johnson
diff --git a/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py b/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py
@@ -379,9 +379,8 @@ def connect(dsn = None, user = None, password = None, host = None, database = No
 		dbuser = None
 
 	# open the connection
-	cnx = _pg.connect(host = dbhost, dbname = dbbase, port = dbport,
-						opt = dbopt, tty = dbtty,
-						user = dbuser, passwd = dbpasswd)
+	cnx = _pg.connect(dbbase, dbhost, dbport, dbopt,
+		dbtty, dbuser, dbpasswd)
 	return pgdbCnx(cnx)
 
 ### types handling
