Re: Inconsistencies with create role - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Inconsistencies with create role
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Msg-id 430B5C27.9010602@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Inconsistencies with create role  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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>The documentation already says prominently that roles and users are
>the same thing.  If you're fooling with CREATE ROLE without having
>read any of that, I'm not sure that an error message will help.
>  
>
I am talking about consistency here. Most people are not
going to think a role is a user, at least not initially since it
is a new feature. All I was saying was that the error message
was a little confusing.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake




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