Re: [ADMIN] Cannot connect to the database (PG 7.3) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [ADMIN] Cannot connect to the database (PG 7.3)
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Msg-id 16720.1043805652@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:
> How about throwing an error if an all digit user name is given to create
> user as already alluded to?

I do *not* want to do that; that's creating a user-visible restriction
for the convenience of one very small part of the implementation.  I
think this behavior is a bug, and we should fix it not institutionalize
the misbehavior.  Just haven't figured out how, yet.
        regards, tom lane


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