Re: Numeric user names - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Numeric user names
Date
Msg-id 20041018230038.L42271@megazone.bigpanda.com
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In response to Numeric user names  (Ed Stoner <ed@whsd.k12.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Numeric user names  (Ed Stoner <ed@whsd.k12.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Ed Stoner wrote:

> I am unable to use the "CREATE USER" command with numeric user names
> (i.e. CREATE USER 35236 WITH PASSWORD '1234';).  Is this a limitation or
> a problem somewhere with how I have things configured?  Is there are
> workaround?

I believe you can create a user with a quoted identifier that is all
numbers (ie CREATE USER "35236") but then you have to quote the username
for sql statements like grant and revoke as well.

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