Re: Questions about the new subscription parameter: password_required

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 1:00 PM Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> As I said earlier, I think the best thing to do is to just have a
> section that describes when to use password_required, what specific
> things you should do to satisfy that case, and what caveats you should
> avoid. Something like:
>
>   "If you want to have a subscription using a connection string without
> a password managed by a non-superuser, then: [ insert SQL steps here ].
> Warning: if the connection string doesn't contain a password, make sure
> to set password_required=false before transferring ownership, otherwise
> it will start failing."
>
> Documenting the behavior is good, too, but I find the behavior
> difficult to document, so examples will help.

Yeah, I think something like that could make sense, with an
appropriate amount of word-smithing.

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Robert Haas
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