The PostgreSQL community debates ALTER SYSTEM
The PostgreSQL community debates ALTER SYSTEM
Posted Apr 9, 2024 6:44 UTC (Tue) by ringerc (subscriber, #3071)In reply to: The PostgreSQL community debates ALTER SYSTEM by shironeko
Parent article: The PostgreSQL community debates ALTER SYSTEM
The error message is crap and doesn't tell the user what's going on or why.
Personally I would've been fine with doing it by permission change and just providing a better error for ENOPERM that tells the admin it might be deliberately disabled.
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