Re: How to find the view modified date and time and user name

Hi Ron,
Please see my comments below in your email.
Actually, I am also shocked to see the difference in the view code. I am saying this because suspected guy does not have write privileges on view. I need to find the evidence in either case.

Thanks,
Sarwar
OCP DBA ( 12c, 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 8, 7),
Oracle 10g Beta Version Evaluator,
OEM Imp Spcl,
OCI DBA 19 Ver., etc.

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From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 9:40 PM
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to find the view modified date and time and user name

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us<mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>> wrote:
Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com<mailto:ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>> writes:
> What matters is that the DBA can see "ah, Bob altered table foo last
> Thursday at 14:30. Let's check the log file to see what he did."

I'm not finding that argument terribly convincing. If you have a
DDL log file, you can grep it to find the last change (and the
ones before that, in case it was Alice's fault not Bob's). If
you don't have such a log file, how much does a last-changed
timestamp really help you?

1. That's not terribly helpful if it was altered three weeks ago, but you only keep two weeks of log files.
2. "I'm telling you, PHB, that table hasn't been modified in the past two years. See? Says so right here in the database."
3. "What happened to the index that's needed for the monthly reports?"

Bottom line: sometimes, "everyone else does it" for very good and important reasons that are *vital* but rare. ---> This phrase is true in this case.