Re: Re: [NOVICE] newbie problem on creating table

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>>>> TRAP: Failed Assertion("!(((bool) (UserId != 0))):", File: "miscinit.c",
>>>> Line: 446)
>>
>> I think what's causing this is that you can't use zero as a Postgres
>> userid. Unfortunately createuser doesn't enforce that restriction;
>> I'll see about fixing that oversight for 7.1.

> Create User does, but initdb doesn't.

Hmm. But we have other defenses against the postgres superuser being
root. I had assumed that the issue here was a non-superuser Postgres
account being created with zero userid...

regards, tom lane