| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, kar(at)kakidata(dot)dk, andrew(at)supernews(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The Contrib Roundup (long) |
| Date: | 2005-06-13 18:28:08 |
| Message-ID: | 20050613152756.Y90456@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Jan Wieck wrote:
>>> Silently doing something other than what the user requested ... I
>>> don't think this is the right way to become the most popular open
>>> source database in the world.
>
>> But, we are already doing that, no? :) I know I'm one that has been
>> bitten by 'DATABASE' != "all tables in the database" :)
>
> But that's what we're trying to fix here --- ie, eliminate surprises.
>
> Perhaps we should follow the precedent of VACUUM: it skips over tables
> you don't have permission to process, but emits a WARNING.
That sounds perfect ...
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