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| author | Tom Lane | 2007-12-11 19:57:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2007-12-11 19:57:32 +0000 |
| commit | 1ebff9ba81afbb885d8c34d7e4e975f5cdbe9a4a (patch) | |
| tree | e2071cd9cbfec6f721b2468c4a9e93e30f652074 /doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml | |
| parent | 1161f1ae1474e373ac02fd24898f12d9c7c43436 (diff) | |
Make documentation of -W options more accurate and uniform.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml index 3b12e94f793..c75042c9b74 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.46 2007/06/21 10:43:09 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.47 2007/12/11 19:57:32 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--username <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term> <listitem> <para> - User name to connect as + User name to connect as. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -193,7 +193,18 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--password</></term> <listitem> <para> - Force password prompt. + Force <application>createdb</application> to prompt for a + password before connecting to a database. + </para> + + <para> + This option is never essential, since + <application>createdb</application> will automatically prompt + for a password if the server demands password authentication. + However, <application>createdb</application> will waste a + connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password. + In some cases it is worth typing <option>-W</> to avoid the extra + connection attempt. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |