| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
| Cc: | "steven(dot)winfield(at)cantabcapital(dot)com" <steven(dot)winfield(at)cantabcapital(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: CREATE/ALTER ROLE with NULL password |
| Date: | 2018-11-22 16:54:07 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwZTPLjY-Be+YUjMaKjMVr8pino8Q3n9iwUH5QN_Qee3Tw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thursday, November 22, 2018, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:58:25PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> > Should tweak the paragraph to point out this exception as well.
> >
> > The ENCRYPTED keyword has no effect, but is accepted for backwards
> > compatibility[, except in the PASSWORD NULL form.]
>
> The docs list the following with the patch as supported grammar:
> [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL
> And it seems to me that '|' has priority over '[]', so ENCRYPTED does
> not apply to PASSWORD NULL if phrased this way.
>
>
Yes, the syntax block is perfectly clear but we still explain said grammer
in words and should be precise there as well, IMO. Not a big deal though.
David J.
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