Re: Open 7.3 items

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > OK, I have attached a patch for testing. Sample output is:
> >
> > $ sql -U guest test
> > psql: FATAL: user "test.guest" does not exist
> > $ createuser test.guest
>
> I will object to any scheme that makes any characters in the user name
> magic. Two reasons: First, do it right, make a separate column.
> Second, several tools use URI syntax to specify data sources. This will
> break any feature that relies on being able to put special characters into
> the user name.
>
> The right solution to having database-local user names is putting extra
> information into pg_shadow regarding which database this user applies to.
> It could be an array or some separate "authentication domain" thing.

OK, if you object, you can say goodbye to this feature for 7.3. I can
supply the patch to Marc and anyone else who wants it but I am not
inclined nor convinced we need that level of work for this feature.

So we end up with nothing.

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