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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2007-12-11 19:57:32 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2007-12-11 19:57:32 +0000
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Make documentation of -W options more accurate and uniform.
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<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.41 2007/05/15 19:43:51 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.42 2007/12/11 19:57:32 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -144,7 +144,18 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--password</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Force password prompt.
+ Force <application>createlang</application> to prompt for a
+ password before connecting to a database.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This option is never essential, since
+ <application>createlang</application> will automatically prompt
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
+ However, <application>createlang</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>