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Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:33:40 -0700
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Subject: Re: CREATE USER
From: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
To: Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com> wrot=
e:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com> 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? =A0That is documented, quit=
e
>> 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. =A0The preferred SUPERUS=
ER
>> spelling has been accepted since 8.1 ... is that long enough to ensure
>> everyone's converted their client-side tools? =A0Probably 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 goo=
d

Make sure the docs mention this and then remove it in the next major
release?  Works for me.