Check this one http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-04/msg00280.php
I have not personally worked on what is described in this page but someone will correct you in the community if anything is going wrong here. --Imad www.EnterpriseDB.com On 11/19/06, Rajesh Kumar Mallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/19/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In our webapps, we use the same username to connect to the database > > for all kind of updates. Hence we are not able to makeout whoo modified > > what . However at application level we have different "userid" for different > > users of the system. we want to somehow pass this "userid" to the databasee > > server and accesss it from the triggers that implement the audit functions. > > Perhaps it would be better to make your "userid" be the actual database > user? But anyway, the custom GUC variable facility might serve your Hi, wouldnt' it affect the connection pooling , i am using DBI::Cache and mod_perl ? > needs. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/runtime-config-custom.html i dont think i understand the usage properly, i did the below postgresql.conf custom_variable_classes = 'general' # list of custom variable class names general.employee = '' am i supposed to see the variable general.employee when i do "show all " ? i did not see it in fact! my question is how can i set it and read it regds Mallah. > regards, tom lane >
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