Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com> writes:
> [ extensive proposal for PROFILEs ]
> It seems like a nice project, particularly since it wouldn't
> affect anyone that doesn't want to use it.
... except in the added overhead to do the resource accounting and check
to see if there is a restriction ...
> And whenever a new
> resource limitation issue arrises, such as PL/SQL recursion
> depth, a new attribute would be added to pg_profile to handle
> the limitation...
I prefer GUC variables to table entries for setting stuff like recursion
limits; they're much lighter-weight to create and access, and you don't
need an initdb to add or remove a parameter.
regards, tom lane