On Friday, April 10, 2015, Sameer Kumar <sameer.ku...@ashnik.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:57 AM David G. Johnston < > david.g.johns...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david.g.johns...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Sameer Kumar <sameer.ku...@ashnik.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sameer.ku...@ashnik.com');>> wrote: >> > > Yes either an upper bound to which users can set their own values to. > > >> Upper is somewhat easier but currently the system would only recognize a >> global constraint. >> > > Does it? Even though my work_mem in postgresql.conf is 1MB, the user can > alter itself to set its own work_mem to 1GB. Or did I interpret your > statement wrongly? > >> >> Pg_settings currently has an upper bound column - though it is a view and that value cannot be changed that I know of. But if it could I suspect that whatever catalog you would change to affect it would only cause a global change. There is no alter database, role, or postgresql way to change that value. David J.