Re: Open 7.3 items

Bruce Momjian writes:

>     global usernames are stored just like before, e.g. postgres
>     local users are stored as user@dbname
>     when connecting, global users add '@' to their names
>     when connecting, local users use just their user name, no @dbname

I'm OK with this in principle.  But I must say I was quite confused
because the "@" symbol appears in diametrically opposite contexts:

a) designate local users on the server

b) designate global users in the client

Perhaps I might have been less confused if meaning (b) used a different
character, say "username!".  This might be equally confusing to the next
person -- just my observation.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net