| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen |
| Date: | 2022-07-09 15:15:58 |
| Message-ID: | YsmbrhupGQ4ef4X/@momjian.us |
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On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 08:06:21AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> Maybe invoke the wording from the libpq docs and say:
>
> The default database name is the same as the user connection parameter.
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS
>
> That page doesn’t feel the need to qualify user name and I don’t think it hurts
> comprehension; and the writing “user parameter” there, instead of “user name”,
> since the parameter is simply “user”, not “username”.
Well, it could be the login OS name if the user connection parameter is
unspecified, right?
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