Re: run GUC check hooks on RESET - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: run GUC check hooks on RESET
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Msg-id CA+TgmobVHgLHoptKecvTUGOyLsACq3RA3Nxi6P8Hp-Xn_r36Uw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: run GUC check hooks on RESET  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
Responses Re: run GUC check hooks on RESET
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> wrote:
> That is unfortunate.  I guess it points out the value of adding a
> comment to point out why we would want to check these values even on
> a reset to a previously-used value.

+1 for such a comment.

>> I assume that you're thinking we'd only fix this in master?
>
> Without this, I don't think it's possible for someone to enforce
> protection of their data through SSI in an ironclad way.  So there
> is at least some case to be made to take it back as far as 9.1.

I'm OK with that, but perhaps the only-tangentially-related changes
where you swap the order of certain error messages ought to be
separated out and committed only to master?  That stuff doesn't seem
like material for a back-patch.

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Robert Haas
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