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<chapter id="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><envar>PGOPTIONS</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
- <envar>PGOPTIONS</envar> sets additional run-time options for the
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server.
+ <envar>PGOPTIONS</envar> sets additional run-time options for the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server. For example, setting
+ <envar>PGOPTIONS</envar> to <literal>-c geqo=off</> sets the session's
+ value of the <varname>geqo</> parameter to <literal>off</>.
+ For a detailed discussion of the available options consult <xref
+ linkend="runtime-config">.
</para>
</listitem>
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<varlistentry>
<term><envar>PGDATABASE</envar></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Default connection database
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
<term><envar>PGHOST</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGPORT</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Default connection parameters
+ Default connection parameters (see <xref linkend="libpq-envars">).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>