Re: Trusted versus untrusted Pl language

Ok David but that is not what I have heard from a lot of other people in
the PostgreSQL community.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 1:26 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 1:01 PM Steven Pousty <steve(dot)pousty(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> The SQL I am talking about is this:
>> UPDATE pg_language SET lanpltrusted = true WHERE lanname LIKE 'plr';
>>
>
> You seem to be missing the point. The language is either trusted, or it's
> not. Modifying the catalogs is not part of a "good flow", ever. In short,
> "don't use trusted languages ever". If a specific requirement can only be
> implemented using a trusted language maybe there is a reason to use it - in
> development and production (if your DBA will let you) - but more likely you
> are better off writing an out-of-database client application and doing the
> "trusted" stuff there.
>
> David J.
>
>