Re: Open 7.3 items

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-27T21:36:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian writes:

> 	global usernames are stored just like before, e.g. postgres
> 	local users are stored as user@dbname
> 	when connecting, global users add '@' to their names
> 	when connecting, local users use just their user name, no @dbname

I'm OK with this in principle.  But I must say I was quite confused
because the "@" symbol appears in diametrically opposite contexts:

a) designate local users on the server

b) designate global users in the client

Perhaps I might have been less confused if meaning (b) used a different
character, say "username!".  This might be equally confusing to the next
person -- just my observation.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net