T
><DD
><P
>        Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection
        string. See <A
HREF="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING"
>Section 31.1.1</A
> for more information.
       </P
><P
>        The option is called <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>--dbname</TT
> for consistency with other
        client applications, but because <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pg_dumpall</SPAN
>
        needs to connect to many databases, database name in the connection
        string will be ignored. Use <TT
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