Re: proposal: session server side variables

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Subject: Re: proposal: session server side variables
Date: 2017-01-02 12:50:50
Message-ID: CAFj8pRDVA21vRPYY3pvuR4zRk9iKDOYq0W686WOO8pL2=x=UdA@mail.gmail.com
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2017-01-02 11:48 GMT+01:00 Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>:

>
> Hello Pavel,
>
> In my proposal was support for transaction scope - ON COMMIT RESET clause
>> should be ok
>>
>
> Could you update the wiki, both the proposal and the use-case
> implementation, to reflect this point?
>
> Moreover, is there any actual use-case for non-transactional secure
> half-persistent session variables? AFAICS the "secure" part implies both
> permissions and transactional for the presented security-related use case.
> If there is no use case for these combined features, then ISTM that you
> should update to proposal so that the variables are always transactional,
> which is both simpler, more consistent, and I think more acceptable.
>

If you are transaction sensitive, then you have to be sensitive to
subtransactions - then the work is much more complex.

Is there use case, when you would to play with transactions and variables
and RESET is not enough?

>
> Also, you used a TEMPORARY session variable in one implementation, but
> this is not described in the proposal, I think it is worth mentioning it
> there as well.

I will fix it.

Regards

Pavel

>
>
> --
> Fabien.
>

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