Re: Variable constants ?

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: stan <stanb(at)panix(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Variable constants ?
Date: 2019-08-15 21:09:42
Message-ID: f67cc235-49ce-176b-0e15-9a09f1c647c2@aklaver.com
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On 8/15/19 1:56 PM, stan wrote:
> I need to put a few bossiness constants, such as a labor rate multiplier in an
> application. I am adverse to hard coding these things. The best plan i have
> come up with so far is to store them in a table, which would have only 1
> row, and a column for each needed constant.
>
> Anyone have a better way to do this?

Another way(better in eye of beholder) a conf file that can be written to.

>
> Failing a better way is there some way I can limit this table to only allow
> one row to exist?

Yes add the row and REVOKE INSERT afterwards. Then you have a single row
that can be updated/deleted(though you could revoke that also).

>
>

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Adrian Klaver
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