Re: BUG #4027: backslash escaping not disabled in plpgsql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jonathan Guthrie" <jguthrie(at)brokersys(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BUG #4027: backslash escaping not disabled in plpgsql
Date: 2008-03-12 06:59:21
Message-ID: 13859.1205305161@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I believe the reason for
>> not changing it was that it seemed too likely to break existing
>> functions, with potentially nasty consequences if they chanced to be
>> security definers.

> Is this actually true or did we just forget it? :-)

I recall thinking about the point. The decision could've been wrong ...

regards, tom lane

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