Re: Numeric user names - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Numeric user names
Date
Msg-id 12300.1098167588@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Numeric user names  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: Numeric user names  (Ed Stoner <ed@whsd.k12.pa.us>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> I don't know of an easy workaround. Why do you need numeric usernames?

There's always double-quoted identifiers:
    create user "12345" with password ...

Considering that the SQL standard defines <authorization identifier>
as an <identifier>, I'm not sure why Ed is expecting that he should
be able to use a bare number as a user name.

            regards, tom lane

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