On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 11:48, Tom Lane wrote:
> Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca> writes:
> > This still doesn't allow john on db1 to be a different user than john on
> > db2. To accomplish that (easily) we still need to install different
> > instances for each database.
>
> Some people think that cross-database user names are a feature, not
> a bug. I cannot see any way to change that without creating huge
> backward-compatibility headaches --- and it's not at all clear to
> me that it's a step forward, anyway.
I've been considering ways to come up with 2 classes of user. One which
is global, the other which is local. But it's not nearly enough of an
inconvenience to warrant it.