Re: whats the deal with -u ?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>
> > The manual explains it:
> > This option is deprecated, as it is conceptually flawed. (Prompting for a
> > non-default user name and prompting for a password because the server
> > requires it are really two different things.) You are encouraged to look
> > at the -U and -W options instead.
>
> Hmm. The point about the forced password prompt is certainly valid,
> but I see nothing wrong with the idea of having an option to prompt
> for the username. What if we just took out the forced password prompt,
> on the grounds that you can get that with "-u -W" if you want it?

Yes, undeprecating it then makes sense.

I have never understood what's the point of having an option to force a
password prompt. I wonder why don't we deprecate -W?

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