Re: Quick Extensions Question

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Dimitri Fontaine" <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Quick Extensions Question
Date: 2011-03-03 22:00:50
Message-ID: 4D6FBB32020000250003B3D5@gw.wicourts.gov
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> what if we allow non-superusers to create an extension if all the
> commands in the script are ones they could execute anyway?

+1

The supporting detail all made sense to me. To put it another way,
why would you want to *bar* someone from executing a set of
statements they have authority to execute, just because someone
gathered them together in an extension?

-Kevin

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