Tom Lane wrote: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The manual explains it: > > This option is deprecated, as it is conceptually flawed. (Prompting for > > a > > non-default user name and prompting for a password because the server > > requires it are really two different things.) You are encouraged to look > > at the -U and -W options instead. > > Hmm. The point about the forced password prompt is certainly valid, > but I see nothing wrong with the idea of having an option to prompt > for the username. What if we just took out the forced password prompt, > on the grounds that you can get that with "-u -W" if you want it?
Yes, undeprecating it then makes sense. I have never understood what's the point of having an option to force a password prompt. I wonder why don't we deprecate -W? -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.advogato.org/person/alvherre "Cada quien es cada cual y baja las escaleras como quiere" (JMSerrat) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
