| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Mike Nolan <nolan(at)gw(dot)tssi(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alex <alex(at)meerkatsoft(dot)com>, Frank Finner <postgresql(at)finner(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PG vs MySQL |
| Date: | 2004-03-29 23:12:28 |
| Message-ID: | 20040329191036.Y51637@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> It might be possible to do something with a flat file as an intermediary
> between the postmaster and the tables that are the master data. We
> already do this for pg_shadow passwords, and I've been thinking of
> proposing that we add a flat file for the database name -> OID mapping
> so we could get rid of the horrid hack that is GetRawDatabaseInfo().
> Per-database flat files would be a bit messy though.
The ability to manipulate pg_hba via interfaces stuck as phpPgAdmin and
PgAdmin would definitely be a plus, even if it just results in something
like pg_shadow ... in an ISP environment, pg_hba is about the only
'hassle' that I think really exists ...
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