Re: Open 7.3 items

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, no one complained/commented on my idea of having global users have a
> > > > > trailing '@', so here is a patch that implements that.  It has the
> > > > > advantages of:
> > > >
> > > > Probably because not everyone saw it.  I know I didn't.  This entire
> > > > issue is growing more and more complex.  How about a configure item
> > > > to not even compile it in?  Or better yet, a configure item to put
> > > > it there with the default off.
> > >
> > > I think I am prety close, and I don't see a configure flag as any better
> > > than a GUC option that is off by default.
> >
> > But how many people would even use it?  I can't see adding the bloat
> > unnecessarily and risking it accidently being turned on.  Am I wrong
> > and really alot of people actually want/need this?
>
> Well, the demand seems to be larger than I thought, considering the
> number of people who have chimed in and want certain features, like
> multiple global users.  I see this being using more by ISP's and
> universities that need better user/db partitioning.

I don't know that concern over a possible limited number of global
users is directly proportional to the desire for the feature.

Vince.
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