diff --git a/pgconn.dist.php b/pgconn.dist.php
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--- a/pgconn.dist.php
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-<?php
-# move this to pgconn.php
-global $pgconn;
-
-$pgconn = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=DBNAME user=USERNAME password=PASSWORD");
-