| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> |
| Cc: | Daniel Loureiro <daniel(at)termasa(dot)com(dot)br>, Jaime Casanova <jaime(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Csaba Nagy <ncslists(at)googlemail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: DELETE with LIMIT (or my first hack) |
| Date: | 2010-11-30 19:20:00 |
| Message-ID: | 4CF54E60.2080203@dunslane.net |
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On 11/30/2010 02:12 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Daniel Loureiro<daniel(at)termasa(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:
>
>> to me the key its security - its a anti-DBA-with-lack-of-attention
>> feature.
>
> Well, it seems pretty weak to me for that purpose. You still trash
> data, and you don't have any immediate clue as to what.
I agree, that argument is completely misconceived. If the DBA is paying
enough attention to use LIMIT, s/he should be paying enough attention
not to do damage in the first place. If that were the only argument in
its favor I'd be completely against the feature.
cheers
andrew
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