Re: init script or procedure

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 2011/8/24 Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> 2011/8/24 Gauthier, Dave <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>:
>>>> Does PG support the use of an init script or procedure?  I'm looking for
>>>> something that'll run unconditionally every time someone makes a DB
>>>> connection.  This script will create a temp table and stuff some data in it
>>>> for general use within that session.
>>>>
>>>
>>> no, there is nothing similar. You have to call a own procedure after
>>> login explicitly
>>
>> We could really use this.   It's kinda sorta possible to script SQL on
>> connection close via C hook through dblink but not on session startup.
>> It's not always possible for the client know when a backend session is
>> fired up -- for example in connection pools.

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> . This is not task for server,

I disagree. Other databases have them (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb326598.aspx) and they are
highly used and useful.

merlin