On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/8/30 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>: >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> patch that implements "shared" client/server session variables >> >> I don't really see what we can do with this that we can't do without this. > > a motivation for this patch was discussion about parametrised DO > statement - and simple possibility of access to host variables (psql) > variables from server - PL scripts. > > It is based on Tom's and Magnus's ideas - it is secure, because only > variables explicitly mentioned in shared namespace are "shared".
Sure, but you could get to the same place by issuing a SET command for just the particular variable you want to use with DO. You don't really need a magic facility for it. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers