Re: Open 7.3 items

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > If we don't suffix global users with '@', a global user named 'dave'
> > could not attach to a database called 'db1' as himself if a user called
> > 'dave@db1' existed.
> 
> No, it's the other way around (assuming you check user before user@db):
> the existence of a global user would prevent similarly-named local users
> from connecting.  This does not strike me as too terrible, assuming that
> there are not very many global users.

Yes, something like that.  It could go either way.  I never actually
coded the double checking.

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