Basically, I agree with your viewpoint on developer's permissions, but any annoyance can be fixed with a large enough paycheck...
>>> Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com> 2006-11-27 17:34 >>>
Hi, Bart,
Bart Degryse wrote:
> I haven't got enough permissions to install new programs. Big brother... ;-)
A developer doesn't get the permissions to use the tools he need for his
work?
Developers absolutely _must_ have root / admin permissions on their own
workstations, that's a prerequirement for them to fulfil their job.
Time to search a new employer, honest!
> I get the error in a plpgsql function
Ah, I just saw that the "decode" function returns bytea, not text.
I'll need a further look into this...
Sorry,
Markus
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