> Seriously, I think there's a good case for banning a few characters in > at least some names - like []<>'"~#*|\ , say
Why? They're allowed in all other identifiers. And what if someone already has a database full of usernames with those chars? They wouldn't be able to load their dump properly... Chris > andrew > > Tom Lane wrote: > > >Andreas Pflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Is it useful to allow these special chars at all? Seems this creates a > >>lot of work, and most admins will probably stick to "normal" user names > >>anyway. > >> > >> > > > >Well, the reason it's been left unfixed for so long is exactly that it > >didn't seem pressing. But if Chris wants to do the work, I won't stand > >in his way ... > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])