Re: Maximum password length

On 2020-09-01 02:54, Tom Lane wrote:
> Therefore, I propose setting this up with a #define symbol in
> pg_config_manual.h and leaving it at that.  Giving documentation in
> pg_config_manual.h seems sufficient to me.  Attached is a revised
> version of Nathan's patches that does it like that.
> 
> I set the proposed limit at 1024 bytes, but given that we now know
> of use-cases needing up to 800 bytes, maybe there should be a little
> more headroom?  I don't want to make it enormous, though, seeing that
> we're allocating static buffers of that size.

ISTM that it's only going to be a matter of time before that will be 
exceeded.  Why have a limit at all?  Accept whatever StringInfo accepts.

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