Re: plpgsql by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: plpgsql by default
Date
Msg-id 200604131350.k3DDoDN09795@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: plpgsql by default  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> 
> >
> >> Can you guarantee unequivocally that there are absolutely not security 
> >> issues in plpgsql?
> >
> > Can you guarantee unequivocally that there are absolutely not security issues 
> > in PostgreSQL?
> 
> No, but does that mean we should increase the potential by adding in 
> something that not everyone that runs PostgreSQL actually uses?

Now that we throw a clear suggestion to use createlang for people who
try to create plpgsql functions, the requests to include plpgsql by
default has dropped to almost zero:
test=> create function x() as '' language 'plpgsql';ERROR:  language "plpgsql" does not existHINT:  Use CREATE LANGUAGE
toload the language into the database.
 

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