On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> What I was actually wondering about, however, is the extent to which
> the semantics of Perl code could be changed from an on_init hook ---
> is there any equivalent of changing search_path or otherwise creating
> trojan-horse code that might be executed unexpectedly?
Yes.
> And if so is
> there any point in trying to guard against it?
No. This is Perl we're talking about. The DBA should vet code before putting it into on_perl_init.
> AIUI there isn't
> anything that can be done in on_init that couldn't be done in somebody
> else's function anyhow.
Correct.
Best,
David
