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To: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: CREATE/ALTER ROLE with NULL password
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:54:07 -0700
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On Thursday, November 22, 2018, Michael Paquier <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Yes, the syntax block is perfectly clear but we still explain said grammer
in words and should be precise there as well, IMO. Not a big deal though.
David J.
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