On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Ron Adams <r...@constellationmedia.com> >> wrote: >> > The help for LOGIN/NOLOGIN at >> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createrole.html: "...NOLOGIN >> > is the default, except when CREATE ROLE is invoked through its alternative >> > spelling CREATE USER." The help for CREATE USER: "These clauses are an >> > obsolete, but still accepted, spelling of SUPERUSER and NOSUPERUSER. Note >> > that they are not equivalent to CREATEROLE as one might naively expect!" >> > Eh? >> >> OK, brace yourself... >> >> You're mixing up the CREATEUSER option to the CREATE ROLE command with >> the completely separate command CREATE USER. >> >> See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createuser.html >> >> I wonder if we ought to consider removing CREATEUSER and NOCREATEUSER >> as synonyms for SUPERUSER and NOSUPERUSER. It looks like that change >> was made in 8.1, which is now EOL. > > Agreed. They might still appear in dumps so maybe just remove > documentation about them.
They shouldn't appear in any non-ancient dumps, and we don't guarantee that those will work anyway: you're suppose to pg_dump with the new version of pg_dump, running against the old cluster. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
