Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Sorry, it does not: > testpos@srap53dxr1:~> psql --help -Usisis | grep DBNAME > psql [OPTION]... [DBNAME [USERNAME]] > -d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "testpos") While that's certainly confusing, I'm not sure it's wrong. I'd interpret "default" as meaning "default if you don't specify something different on the command line". The default username is reported under similar rules: $ psql --help -Ufoo | grep user -U, --username=USERNAME database user name (default: "tgl") In any case, these choices of default have stood for a very long time and we're unlikely to consider changing them. If (some parts of) the docs are inaccurate we should change the docs. regards, tom lane
