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  1. Re: Feature proposal: www_fdw

    Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> — 2011-09-28T20:53:49Z

    Guys,
    
    I suggest Alexander to announce his project just to let all us know and
    avoid duplicate work. I hope it's a good starter project for Alexander !
    I agree with Andrew, it's also should be posted to -general. 
    It's clear it should be an extension !
    
    Oleg
    On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Tom Lane wrote:
    
    > Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
    >> Why should this be a core feature, as the subject suggests? It could
    >> just be an extension, like other FDWs, no?
    >
    > In fact it had *better* be an extension, not core, because anything that
    > allows the server to go out and touch the web is going to be a security
    > hazard in some people's usages.  I can see that some people will want
    > this type of functionality, but others definitely won't.
    >
    > 			regards, tom lane
    >
    >
    
     	Regards,
     		Oleg
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