| From: | "Dominic J(dot) Eidson" <sauron(at)the-infinite(dot)org> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
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| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] RFC - change of behaviour of pg_get_userbyid & pg_get_viewdef? |
| Date: | 2000-09-25 00:22:29 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.10.10009241856280.21058-100000@morannon.the-infinite.org |
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Philip Warner wrote:
> Two routines do eccentric things when they can't find required supporting
> data:
>
> pg_get_userbyid
>
> returns 'unknown (UID=<uid-number>)' when the UID does not exist.
[Snip]
> The proposal is to return NULL in the above cases - in the final case,
> probably also generate a NOTICE.
In these cases, is NULL = 0? - What if it returns the UID for "root"
(typically UID 0)... I think an error message should/would be better in
this case.
Just my $.02.
--
Dominic J. Eidson
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