Mark Walker wrote:
> One other thing. Another approach to this problem would be to have some
> sort of code signing/authentication capabilities for the postgresql
> server. For instance, you login as an administrator (some sort of
> enhanced privs), you get to look at the databases you have permission
> for. Otherwise, postgresql has to recognize the application. Has this
> ever been discussed?
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I don't think it would be feasible for any RDBMS to recognise the
connecting application, certainly in my view the effort it would take to
alter the postmaster/odbc driver and others would be a lot more than the
apparent gain from having that functionality.
--
Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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