On Sunday 09 December 2007 13:33, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Treat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 1) I don't recall why -u was ever deprecated (and honestly postgresql is > > the only program I know which uses -U rather than -u) but maybe we should > > revert to -u and deprecate -U instread? > > You appear to think that -u and -U are supposed to be equivalent. > You are incorrect. -u forces prompts for username and password. >
Ah, you're right, I didn't realize that (probably because nothing in the warnings seem to indicate that). However I think all of my questions still remain valid, if not becoming even further re-encforced: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ~rob/devel/postgresql/83/bin/psql -h localhost -u -p 5483 psql: Warning: The -u option is deprecated. Use -U. If I wanted to prompt for a username, why is it telling me to use -U? If we've deemed that's not a valid behavior to want, see questions 1,2 & 3 from upthread :-) -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate