Re: Bug #482: psql (7.1.3) doesn't like sysid=0

> Sherwin Daganato (win(at)email(dot)com(dot)ph) reports a bug with a severity of 3

> I have migrated a production database from 7.0.3
> to 7.1.3 successfully. Then I was trying to load this
> database (7.1.3) to a development machine with
> another 7.1.3 when I encounter the error. It is not
> clear in the docs that sysid should be positive and
> the error message is a little bit confusing.

peter=# select version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.96
(1 row)

peter=# create user someuser with sysid 0;
ERROR: sysid must be positive

> Why not print "sysid must be greater than zero"?

Isn't that the same thing?

> Why is it that zero sysid is allowed in 7.0.3 and not in
> 7.1.3?
> .

It was never really allowed, although it's possible that older version
weren't so careful in checking. However, I'm fairly sure that the
relevant CREATE USER code was the same in 7.0.* and 7.1.*.

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