Re: Append to a GUC parameter ?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Append to a GUC parameter ?
Date: 2014-08-06 02:19:52
Message-ID: 20140806021952.GI13302@momjian.us
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 07:22:13PM -0600, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:52:51PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> However, other than shared_preload_libraries, I can't think of a GUC
> >> which would benefit from this. Can you?
>
> > search_path?
>
> Given the security implications of search_path, assembling its value
> from independent parts sounds like a darn bad idea from here.

I can imagine someone wanting to prefix/suffix to search_path for a user
via ALTER USER.

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