Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alexander Korotkov
Subject Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser
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Msg-id CAPpHfdsvoJ5xV-azUkXcgOav_x6Y5_B=B9MfM0mafESswuKvAA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser  (Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 8:18 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> > > I couldn't find any discussion of the idea of adding "(s)" to the
> > > variable name in order to mark the variable userset in the catalog, and
> > > I have to admit I find it a bit strange.  Are we really agreed that
> > > that's the way to proceed?
> >
> > I hadn't been paying close attention to this thread, sorry.
> >
> > I agree that that seems like a very regrettable choice,
> > especially if you anticipate having to bump catversion anyway.
>
> I totally understand that this change requires a catversion bump.
> I've reflected this in the commit message.
>
> > Better to add a bool column to the catalog.
>
> What about adding a boolean array to the pg_db_role_setting? So,
> pg_db_role_setting would have the following columns.
>  * setdatabase oid
>  * setrole oid
>  * setconfig text[]
>  * setuser bool[]

The revised patch implements this way for storage USER SET flag.  I
think it really became more structured and less cumbersome.

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov

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