On 28-01-2012 18:55, Andy Grimm wrote: > It's not uniform between the client and the server, though. > The server doesn't impose a hard limit for password length and AFAICS it should not because we aim for backward compatibility.
> It sounds like you are suggesting > that rather than increase the limit in the simple_prompt calls, you'd > prefer to decrease the limit read from pwfile? That doesn't > particularly help me. > No, I am not. So there are three concerns here: (i) increase the limit for simple_prompt() and (ii) raise an error when we reach that limit and (iii) fix the PasswordFromFile(). Looking at your patch, it seems to fix only (i). > require understanding of what the real password length limit in a > database is. > There is no such limit; it is stored in a text datatype. -- Euler Taveira de Oliveira - Timbira http://www.timbira.com.br/ PostgreSQL: Consultoria, Desenvolvimento, Suporte 24x7 e Treinamento -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
