SQL Mode Version2.4 - Improved login prompting

	* progmodes/sql.el: Version 2.4.  Improved Login prompting.
	(sql-login-params): New widget definition.
	(sql-oracle-login-params, sql-mysql-login-params)
	(sql-solid-login-params, sql-sybase-login-params)
	(sql-informix-login-params, sql-ingres-login-params)
	(sql-ms-login-params, sql-postgres-login-params)
	(sql-interbase-login-params, sql-db2-login-params)
	(sql-linter-login-params): Use it.
	(sql-sqlite-login-params): Use it; Define "database" parameter as
	a file name.
	(sql-sqlite-program): Change to "sqlite3"
	(sql-comint-sqlite): Make sure database name is complete.
	(sql-for-each-login): New function.
	(sql-connect, sql-save-connection): Use it.
	(sql-get-login-ext): New function.
	(sql-get-login): Use it.
	(sql-make-alternate-buffer-name): Handle :file parameters.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cf5e73ef36b..31dd69d5b4c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -269,6 +269,22 @@ Each supported product has a custom variable `sql-*-login-params'
 which is a list of the parameters to be prompted for before a
 connection is established.
 
+By default, the value of the parameter is simply prompted for.  For
+`server' and `database', they can be specified in a list as shown
+below:
+
+  (server :file ARG)
+  (database :file ARG)
+  (server :completion ARG)
+  (database :completion ARG)
+
+The ARG when :file is specified is a regexp that will match valid file
+names (without the directory portion).  Generally these strings will
+be of the form ".+\.SUF" where SUF is the desired file suffix.
+
+When :completion is specified, the ARG corresponds to the PREDICATE
+argument to the `completing-read' function.
+
 *** Added `sql-connection-alist' to record login parameter values.
 An alist for recording different username, database and server
 values.  If there are multiple databases that you connect to the