On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > What I was actually wondering about, however, is the extent to which > the semantics of Perl code could be changed from an on_init hook --- > is there any equivalent of changing search_path or otherwise creating > trojan-horse code that might be executed unexpectedly?
Yes. > And if so is > there any point in trying to guard against it? No. This is Perl we're talking about. The DBA should vet code before putting it into on_perl_init. > AIUI there isn't > anything that can be done in on_init that couldn't be done in somebody > else's function anyhow. Correct. Best, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
