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From: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
To: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: CREATE/ALTER ROLE with NULL password
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:58:06 +0900
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In-Reply-To: <CAKFQuwbugMRHCTDiZ-1G=9cHs06c6pv_dS44x4GLQ=2q5ZV2yw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:58:25PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> Should tweak the paragraph to point out this exception as well.
> 
>  The ENCRYPTED keyword has no effect, but is accepted for backwards
> compatibility[, except in the PASSWORD NULL form.]

The docs list the following with the patch as supported grammar:
[ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL
And it seems to me that '|' has priority over '[]', so ENCRYPTED does
not apply to PASSWORD NULL if phrased this way.
--
Michael


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