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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ProcessStartupPacket(): database_name and user_name truncation
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Msg-id 1764457.1688140452@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ProcessStartupPacket(): database_name and user_name truncation  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
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Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> After taking another look at this, I wonder if it'd be better to fail as
> soon as we see the database or user name is too long instead of lugging
> them around when authentication is destined to fail.

If we're agreed that we aren't going to truncate these identifiers,
that seems like a reasonable way to handle it.

            regards, tom lane

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