Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature
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Msg-id CA+TgmoZQrabkr=DQK=ZLx6Pvp3KbwN_xdeQHjZLBJ3pB6EANuw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 11:07 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> We should have learned by now that those are usually a bad idea.
>> In this case, we've got changes in the behavior of function calling,
>> which seems like not only a nightmare for debugging but a fertile
>> source of security issues.
>
> I note that this is the same mechanism that we have elaborately designed
> for *avoiding* security issues from search_path.

And it works like crap.

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Robert Haas
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