Re: Obfuscated definitions of database objects - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Obfuscated definitions of database objects
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Msg-id 46CF10A8.9060409@dunslane.net
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In response to Obfuscated definitions of database objects  ("Charles N. Charotti" <ccharotti@yahoo.com>)
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Charles N. Charotti wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I want to know if there is any plan in future versions
> of PG to obfuscate the source code of some objects of
> the database, specially the functions of the backend ?
>
> I mean the text definition of each function or perhaps
> even triggers of the database.
>
> Just in case, somebody knows of an already existing
> third party product that actually does it, please let
> me know.
>   

See http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-08/msg00258.php 
for Tom Lane's suggestion of how to do this. And no, I can't see it ever 
being supported in core PostgreSQL.

cheers

andrew




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