On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 03:49:08PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 12:39:53PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> By the way, shouldn't we also change the function to return NULL for a
>> failed permission check? It would be possible to remove the
>> has_sequence_privilege() as well, thanks to that, and a duplication
>> between the code and the function view. I've been looking around a
>> bit, noticing one use of this function in check_pgactivity (nagios
>> agent), and its query also has a has_sequence_privilege() so returning
>> NULL would simplify its definition in the long-run. I'd suspect other
>> monitoring queries to do something similar to bypass permission
>> errors.
>
> I'm okay with that, but it would be v18 material that I'd track separately
> from the back-patchable fix proposed in this thread.
Of course. I mean only the permission check simplification for HEAD.
My apologies if my words were unclear.
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Michael
