github.com/jackc/pgx/v5@v5.5.5/examples/chat/README.md (about) 1 # Description 2 3 This is a sample chat program implemented using PostgreSQL's listen/notify 4 functionality with pgx. 5 6 Start multiple instances of this program connected to the same database to chat 7 between them. 8 9 ## Connection configuration 10 11 The database connection is configured via DATABASE_URL and standard PostgreSQL environment variables (PGHOST, PGUSER, etc.) 12 13 You can either export them then run chat: 14 15 export PGHOST=/private/tmp 16 ./chat 17 18 Or you can prefix the chat execution with the environment variables: 19 20 PGHOST=/private/tmp ./chat