Re: Stored procedure code no longer stored in v14 and v15, changed behaviour

From: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Pasi Oja-Nisula <pon(at)iki(dot)fi>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Stored procedure code no longer stored in v14 and v15, changed behaviour
Date: 2022-12-02 16:05:43
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> On Dec 2, 2022, at 08:02, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Pasi Oja-Nisula <pon(at)iki(dot)fi> writes:
>> I would be perfectly satisfied, if the sql that produced the procedure
>> would be stored "as is" read-only copy when it was compiled.

> If you want an audit comparison point, I'd suggest capturing
> the result of pg_get_functiondef or one of its sibling functions
> just after creating your function. "pg_dump -s" is another
> pretty credible mechanism for capturing schema details.

Agreeing with Tom, I find the argument that this is important for auditing unpersuasive. Storing the original text but allowing the version that is actually executed to be different is a step away from anything like good auditing practice.

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