Re: pg_get__*_ddl consolidation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2026-03-20 Fr 9:15 AM, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2026-Mar-19, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Euler Taveira and I have been working on consolidating these patches.
> Hmm, did you remove the permissions checking to dump objects?  I thought
> we had concluded that these were needed -- ie. you have to have at least
> CONNECT to a database to be able to dump it, and so on.  This way, the
> functions do not override a DBAs intention to hide the information, when
> they run REVOKE on the catalogs.  I know this is a nonstandard thing to
> do, but some people do it nonetheless.
>
> https://postgr.es/m/202511131446.uzn4c25ljmd4@alvherre.pgsql
>

Oh, hmm, yes, I think we did. Will work on it.


cheers


andrew

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