Re: Wishlist for 7.4: Plan stability - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Wishlist for 7.4: Plan stability
Date
Msg-id 13673.1039010526@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Wishlist for 7.4: Plan stability  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
Responses Re: Wishlist for 7.4: Plan stability
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> Really it boils down to one point: there's really no reason to assume a user
> should be able to execute any new query he feels like. Creating a new query
> should be privileged operation just like creating a new table or new database.

This is an interesting view of what a database should be like, but it
has very little to do with my idea of a database ;-).  I think you want
some sort of middleware layer to keep your users away from the database.
I do not agree that the DB itself ought to contain such draconian
restrictions.
        regards, tom lane


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