Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Borisov <pashkin(dot)elfe(at)gmail(dot)com>, Steve Chavez <steve(at)supabase(dot)io>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser
Date: 2022-12-05 17:18:42
Message-ID: 3311900.1670260722@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> I couldn't find any discussion of the idea of adding "(s)" to the
> variable name in order to mark the variable userset in the catalog, and
> I have to admit I find it a bit strange. Are we really agreed that
> that's the way to proceed?

I hadn't been paying close attention to this thread, sorry.

I agree that that seems like a very regrettable choice,
especially if you anticipate having to bump catversion anyway.
Better to add a bool column to the catalog.

regards, tom lane

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