Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Specifically, what is ugly about it? Is it that global users have an @ > at the end of their names? How do we prevent namespace collisions > _without_ doing this? I am all ears.
The folks who are unhappy about this design basically think that the namespace collisions issue should not be considered a vital requirement; whereupon you don't have to have the '@' because a search in the pg_shadow flat file would work well enough. It comes down to a judgment call about which is uglier, putting '@' on global usernames or having to avoid namespace collisions. At this point I think we've wasted more than enough time on the argument; I haven't seen any new ideas recently, nor any change in anyone's position. Since no one seems to want to do the work to make a better implementation, I vote we accept the patch we have and move on. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html