Thread: CREATE USER vs. createuser

With createuser I managed to create users like 12345 and John Doe (with a
space).
It did not work with CREATE USER.
Aren't they supposed to do the same?

Thank you all,

Mihai Gheorghiu

"Mihai Gheorghiu" wrote:
  >With createuser I managed to create users like 12345 and John Doe (with a
  >space).
  >It did not work with CREATE USER.
  >Aren't they supposed to do the same?

Such users need to be double-quoted -- which is how createuser does it:

QUERY="CREATE USER \"$NewUser\""
...

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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:57:48AM -0400, Mihai Gheorghiu wrote:
> With createuser I managed to create users like 12345 and John Doe (with a
> space).
> It did not work with CREATE USER.
> Aren't they supposed to do the same?

 The createuser is a simple script and use SQL query "CREATE USER" too.

 CREATE USER "John Doe";

 ...quotation marks is the thing that you search.

    Karel
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