Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> No other object type has the ability to require you to stop the server
> and start a standalone backend to fix the mistake, which is what makes
> this thing unique.
This one doesn't either. I already pointed out two reasons why not:
1. you can connect to a different database (eg template1 or postgres)
and fix the problem from there.
2. the restriction won't be enforced against superusers anyway.
regards, tom lane