Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen

Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 08:20:25PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I agree this phrasing needs some work, but "resolved" doesn't seem
>> helpful, since it's not defined here or nearby. Maybe "The default
>> database name is the specified (or defaulted) user name." ?

> I am not seeing much improvement in the proposed patch either. I wonder
> if we should be calling this the "session" or "connection" user name.
> When the docs say "if you do not specify a database name, it defaults to
> the database user name", there is so much "database in there that the
> meaing is unclear, and in this context, the user name is a property of
> the connection or session, not of the database.

Umm ... you could make the exact same statement with respect to the
user's operating-system login session, so I doubt that "session" or
"connection" adds any clarity.

regards, tom lane