Re: [HACKERS] todo - I want the elog() thingy

2001-05-13 Thread james
> > * Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line > > number, not just messages [elog] I bags this one. A nice relatively easy place for me to start hacken' the Postges. Which source tree do I diff and patch against? Er, I have no idea how to use these diff and patch things

[HACKERS] Isn't pg_statistic a security hole - Solution Proposal

2001-05-13 Thread Joe Conway
The recent discussions on pg_statistic got me started thinking about how to implement a secure form of the view. Based on the list discussion, and a suggestion from Tom, I did some research regarding how SQL92 and some of the larger commercial database systems allow access to system privilege info

Re: [HACKERS] Re: SET variables

2001-05-13 Thread Don Baccus
At 11:05 AM 5/13/01 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Obviously this is a very simple example. I guess I am asking for something >> analogous to temporary tables, but on a single datum level. > >What's wrong with a one-row temporary table? Well, the following query would

[HACKERS] Re: SET variables

2001-05-13 Thread Tom Lane
mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Obviously this is a very simple example. I guess I am asking for something > analogous to temporary tables, but on a single datum level. What's wrong with a one-row temporary table? regards, tom lane ---(end of br

Re: [HACKERS] Why do we use Tcl's compiler and flags?

2001-05-13 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane writes: >> Why are you concerned about fixing something that's >> not especially broken? > It *is* especially broken if the compiler referenced by TCL_CC does not > exist on the system. Um. Good point... although I'd still say such an inst