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Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

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From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>, Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, Theo Kramer <theo@flame.co.za>, "pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 1999-09-21T14:45:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > 
> > > > Force the admin to learn what they are doing...if they want to create
> > > > short cut scripts, let *them* do it...
> > > 
> > > Damn. You're going to make me read the docs?
> > 
> > IMHO...yes.  It would sure eliminate the "how do I change the password
> > for a user" if the person wanting to change that password had had to read
> > the docs in the first place, and witih know about the 'with password' part
> > of 'create user'...
> > 
> > ...and, ummm...don't you have the docs memorized yet? :)
> 
> 
> Can we add some output to the createdb command to remind people it can
> be done inside psql?

How about something that outputs what its executing?  

running 'psql -e "create database <databasename" template1'  or something
like that?

Or have the createdb command run 'man createdb' *grin*

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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