Re: Restrict number of connections to specific table

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Sam Franklin" <Sam(dot)Franklin(at)senergyworld(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Restrict number of connections to specific table
Date: 2014-05-13 14:27:38
Message-ID: 20359.1399991258@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Sam Franklin" <Sam(dot)Franklin(at)senergyworld(dot)com> writes:
> I have some licenced geospatial data. The licence terms state that only
> "one user can access the data at one time".

> Can I put a constraint on a specific table to restrict the number of
> concurrent connections to 1, which will allow me to adhere to the data
> licencing terms?

Not on a specific table. You could possibly use a dedicated Postgres
instance with max_connections set to 1. If you need to serialize access
to just this table while allowing concurrent access to some other data
in the same DB, then there's no built-in answer.

regards, tom lane

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