On Tuesday 27 August 2002 03:19 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think we need to resolve this discussion from a week ago. The current
> code is this:
I thought it WAS resolved, to do:
> 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
> Tom likes this because it is the fewer global users who have to append
> the '@'.
At least that was my perception of the uneasy consensus reached.
Basically, this tags the @ as magic saying, during the client connect process,
'I'm GLOBAL, treat me differently'. Now that I actually understand how this
is supposed to work, which your four lines above elucidate nicely, I am in
more agreement than I was that this is the right answer to this issue.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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