Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com> writes:
> You are correct on that fact Dave, however it does force them to store
> the password in a pgpass file without their knowledge.
This seems about on par with arguing that pgAdmin forces users to store
data in a database without their knowledge. Worse yet, other programs
could possibly look into the database and see it!
Tony, nobody is buying your argument. Give it a rest.
regards, tom lane