Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection
Date: 2010-04-15 04:24:13
Message-ID: 22614.1271305453@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> So you'd prefer a message that is sometimes flat-out wrong over a
> message that is correct but less informative in the common case? I
> guess that could be right call, but it's not what I'd pick.

Well, as I said, I think the only way to really improve this message
is to use a different wording for the REJECT case. I'm unconvinced
that the problem justifies that, but if you're sufficiently hot about
it, that is the direction to go in; not making the the message less
useful for the 99% case.

regards, tom lane

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