Re: Things I don't like about \du's "Attributes" column

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM Pavel Luzanov <p.luzanov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> Agree.
> There is an additional technical argument for removing this replacement.
> I don't like explicit cast to text of the "Connection limit" column.
> Without 'Not allowed' it is no longer required.
> Value -1 can be replaced by NULL with an implicit cast to integer.

Yeah, +1 for that idea.

> Example output:
>
> \du+ regress_du*
>                                                 List of roles
>     Role name     | Login | Attributes  |         Valid until          | Connection limit |   Description
> ------------------+-------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------+------------------
>  regress_du_admin | yes   | Superuser  +|                              |                  | some description
>                   |       | Create DB  +|                              |                  |
>                   |       | Create role+|                              |                  |
>                   |       | Inherit    +|                              |                  |
>                   |       | Replication+|                              |                  |
>                   |       | Bypass RLS  |                              |                  |
>  regress_du_role0 | yes   | Inherit     | Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 2024 PDT |                0 |
>  regress_du_role1 | no    | Create role+| infinity                     |                  |
>                   |       | Inherit     |                              |                  |
>  regress_du_role2 | yes   | Inherit    +|                              |               42 |
>                   |       | Replication+|                              |                  |
>                   |       | Bypass RLS  |                              |                  |
> (4 rows)

This seems unobjectionable to me. I am not sure whether it is better
than the current verison, or whether it is what we want. But it seems
reasonable.

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Robert Haas
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