Re: Per-function search_path => per-function GUC settings

Am Dienstag, 11. September 2007 15:53 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> > I have a question about what does happen if search path is not defined
> > for SECURITY DEFINER function. My expectation is that SECURITY DEFINER
> > function should defined empty search patch in this case.
>
> Your expectation is incorrect. We are not in the business of breaking
> every application in sight, which is what that would do.

Well, a SECURITY DEFINER function either sets its own search path, in which
case a default search path would have no effect, or it doesn't set its own
search path, in which case it's already broken (albeit in a different way).
So setting a default search path can only be a net gain.

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Peter Eisentraut
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