Re: How do I configure pgAdmin to ask for username when connecting to a server?

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:35, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
> wrote:
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>> Le 22/03/2011 13:14, Roger Demetrescu a écrit :
>> > [...]
>> > When registering a new server in pgAdmin, the field Username is
>> > required. The problem is I have several databases in my servers, each
>> > one with its own owner.
>> > So, if I need to connect to customer1_db, I have to change the
>> > properties of Username at the server configuration to 'customer1'.
>> > When I need to connect to customer2_db, I have to change username to
>> > 'customer2', and so on...
>> >
>> > Is there any way to force pgAdmin to ask for username AND password
>> > just before I connect to the server? IMHO it is more practical than
>> > the current approach I am forced to follow.
>> >
>> > Maybe I am missing something here, so any advice would be very
>> > appreciated.
>> >
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>> You can't right now. But I agree that this is something I would like to
>> have too (mostly for testing purpose). And it feels more pratical this
>> way.
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> If the username is specific to the database, then it doesn't make sense to
> ask for it when connecting to the server. What is required (I think) is the
> ability to specify a role for each database. It would be stored as a
> per-user setting alongside the schema restriction.

But wouldn't that require me to connect to the server as 'postgres' ?
Otherwise how would you allow one to play as 'user2' in database2 if
he connected as 'user1' in the server ?

Anyway, I never heard about one been able to play multiples roles
using the same connection.

Cheers,

Roger