Re: A modest proposal: get rid of GUC's USERLIMIT

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-11-13T11:06:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andrew McMillan wrote:
> > > That sounds excellent - I hadn't realised that this workaround would be
> > > possible, and indeed with this in place that will provide even better
> > > control over the facility.
> > 
> > OK, here is one vote for the ALTER USER/remove USERLIMIT croud, and you
> > were the person who originally mentioned the problem.  You don't think
> > the function creation is hard.  Perhaps that's the way to go then.
> 
> Yes, I agree - it seems good.
> 
> Also, I don't see that this function would need to be "written under
> stress" as ISTR you suggested elsewhere - any analysis like this is
> going to be following on from review of other statistics - I think it
> would normally be a well-planned process.

OK, Tom please go ahead with the patch.

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