Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column

From: Gilles Darold <gilles(at)migops(dot)com>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column
Date: 2021-10-15 13:29:13
Message-ID: d4797c4a-5598-d03b-4c47-f9ef709a1022@migops.com
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Le 15/10/2021 à 14:24, Aleksander Alekseev a écrit :
> Hi Gilles,
>
>> If we really want SELECT * to be reserved to DBA then why not removing the
>> star from PG unless you have the admin privilege?
> Respectfully, I perceive this as a trolling (presumably, non-intentional one)
> and not going to answer this.

Yes, I don't wanted to offend you or to troll. This was just to point
that the position of "SELECT * is bad practice" is not a good argument
in my point of view, just because it is allowed for every one. I mean
that in an extension or a client which allow user query input we must
handle the case.

--
Gilles Darold

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