Re: Re: proposal: schema variables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: proposal: schema variables
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In response to Re: Re: proposal: schema variables  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:28:31PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> út 20. 5. 2025 v 18:39 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> napsal:
> I sent a reduced version a few months ago - from 21 patches to 8 (and it can be
> reduced to six if we postpone tools for detection ambiguity).
> The timing was not perfect - the focus was and it is concentrated to finish
> pg18.

It was not clear to me that this patch set was being reduced to make it
more likely it would be accepted?  I thought it was the same patch set
since 20??.

> I am very sorry if this topic and patches bother anyone. I am afraid if I close
> it to some personal github, it will not be visible, and I am sure this
> feature is missing in Postgres. Today we have few workarounds. Some workarounds
> are not available everywhere, some workarounds cannot
> be used for security. With integrated solutions some scenarios can be done more
> easily, more secure, faster, more comfortable.  It is true, so
> mentioned scenarios are not "hot" today. Stored procedures or RLS or migration
> procedures from other databases are not extra common. But
> who uses it, then he misses session variables.

Understood.  If people feel it is progressing toward acceptance, I
certainly withdraw my objection and apologize.

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