Re: auditing in postgresql

[Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>]

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 13:51 -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > how about this:
> > create view log_yadda sa
> >   select yadda where (select func());
> >
> > the parens around the function call force it to be evaluated as a scalar.
> 
> if you declare func() immutable, you can (maybe) remove the parens
> because the planner folds the call to a constant.  This is faster in
> some cases because
> 

I like this approach. I'm a little concerned about PREPARE, however. I
think that might only execute the function once and then not on
subsequent calls, which would then not be audited.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis