> On Oct 3, 2017, at 4:29 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > > On 10/03/2017 01:28 PM, David G. Johnston wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com > >> My first inclination was "target" though I suppose its not that much closer >> to the supposed neutral position on this subjective scale than "victim". >> Subject didn't sound right either (marginally). Maybe "named" - "...while >> connected to the named database." >> Given that, aside from 3 release note instances, we never use the word >> "victim" in the docs leads me to want to change this if just for internal >> consistency. > > Named is probably the best middle ground.
If you click into the documentation for DROP DATABASE [https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-dropdatabase.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-dropdatabase.html>] you get: "Also, it cannot be executed while you or anyone else are connected to the target database." So there is a precedent for using “target” for this command. Jonathan
