On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > >> Uh, we've *never* supported "two bruce users" ... > > > > > He was being tricky by having different passwords for the same user on > > > each database, so one user couldn't get into the other database, even > > > though it was the same name. > > > > But the system didn't realize they were two different users. (Try > > dropping just one of them.) And what if they happened to choose the > > same password? I think this is a fragile kluge not a supported feature. > > > > > The question is whether using those secondary > > > passwords is widespread enough that I need to get that into the code > > > too. It was pretty confusing for users, so I am hesitant to re-add it, > > > but I hate for Marc to lose functionality he had in the past. > > > > I'd like to think of a better answer, not put back that same kluge. > > Ideas anyone? > > Agreed. A clear kludge. I just feel guilty because I removed it.
don't feel guilty ... it *wasn't* the nicest implementation of a feature, but it was definitely useful ... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
