On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 10:17:11PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 08:20:25PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> I agree this phrasing needs some work, but "resolved" doesn't seem > >> helpful, since it's not defined here or nearby. Maybe "The default > >> database name is the specified (or defaulted) user name." ? > > > I am not seeing much improvement in the proposed patch either. I wonder > > if we should be calling this the "session" or "connection" user name. > > When the docs say "if you do not specify a database name, it defaults to > > the database user name", there is so much "database in there that the > > meaing is unclear, and in this context, the user name is a property of > > the connection or session, not of the database. > > Umm ... you could make the exact same statement with respect to the > user's operating-system login session, so I doubt that "session" or > "connection" adds any clarity.
Well, one confusion is that there is a database name and a database user name. We don't have different operating system names that users can connect to, usually. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Indecision is a decision. Inaction is an action. Mark Batterson
