Robert Haas wrote: > 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.
Well, we have pg_dump support for 7.3 dumps (2002), so I don't see a reason to remove that capability. Now, if we want to remove that support, then it would make sense to remove the rest, but I think people are still assuming old dumps can load, especially if they have the dump but not the 7.3 server installed. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
