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Re: CREATE/ALTER ROLE with NULL password

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: "steven.winfield@cantabcapital.com" <steven.winfield@cantabcapital.com>, "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-11-22T07:58:06Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:58:25PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> Should tweak the paragraph to point out this exception as well.
> 
>  The ENCRYPTED keyword has no effect, but is accepted for backwards
> compatibility[, except in the PASSWORD NULL form.]

The docs list the following with the patch as supported grammar:
[ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL
And it seems to me that '|' has priority over '[]', so ENCRYPTED does
not apply to PASSWORD NULL if phrased this way.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Clarify documentation about PASSWORD in CREATE/ALTER ROLE