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From: Jaime Casanova <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: CREATE USER
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:36:28 -0500
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jaime Casanova <[email protected]> writes:
>> I just notice that when you create a user using CREATE USER and give
>> the user the ability to create other users it gets created as
>> SUPERUSER.
>
> Are you talking about the CREATEUSER option?  That is documented, quite
> clearly I think:
>

yes, i was. and it's seems you're right is documented... obviously i
was looking at the wrong place

>
> The only way we could really make this any better is to remove these
> keywords, which might be something to consider.  The preferred SUPERUSER
> spelling has been accepted since 8.1 ... is that long enough to ensure
> everyone's converted their client-side tools?  Probably not :-(
>

6 years since enough for me... actually i have been around even before
that and didn't remember that.
even if you think is not worth remove these, even a WARNING should be good

-- 
Jaime Casanova         www.2ndQuadrant.com
Professional PostgreSQL: Soporte 24x7 y capacitación



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