Re: Connection limit doesn't work for superuser

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 9:45 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I'd vote against. I think there are way more cases where this would
>> create a problem than where it would fix one.

> Like what?

alter user postgres connection limit 0;

... oops ...

I'm not buying the argument that there are realistic use-cases where
you need a connection limit on a superuser role, either. Whatever
you're doing that might merit a connection limit should not be done
as superuser. I think this proposal boils down to asking for support
for an incredibly bad application design, and equipping every database
with an additional foot-gun in order to have that.

regards, tom lane