| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Michael A(dot) Mayo" <mmayo(at)mcauleybrooklyn(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Columns in pg_shadow? |
| Date: | 2000-05-21 16:45:31 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0005201920070.423-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> > usetrace:
> Searching through the sources shows that this flag is not used anywhere.
> The catalogs.sgml doc file defines it as "can user set trace flags?"
> but whatever code it controlled must be long dead...
Remnants of a three-quarters baked pg_options implementation I suppose.
> > usecatupd:
> > Ability to change system tables?
> Since there's no really convenient interface for twiddling this flag,
> I doubt anyone actually bothers to change it. It starts out the same
> as one's usesuper flag, and probably stays that way...
Also note that once you unset this flag you can't set it again because you
no longer have write access to pg_shadow.
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