Re: Docs for psql regarding default database name are incorrect

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Docs for psql regarding default database name are incorrect
Date: 2022-04-12 02:46:29
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZvHH1HVSOu7EYjvshynk4pnDwC5RwkF=VfZJvmUskwrQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 5:15 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The documentation for psql saith:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/app-psql.html
>
> The default user name is your operating-system user name, as is the
> default database name.
>
> The default database name is the same as the user name chosen for the
> connection attempt.
>

Concretely, as attached.

I found a related reference in the authentication problems section that I
tweaked as well.

David J.

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