Re: Providing catalog view to pg_hba.conf file - Patch submission

* Pavel Stehule (pavel.stehule@gmail.com) wrote:
> this topic should be divided, please. One part - functions for loading
> pg_hba and translating to some table. Can be two, can be one with one
> parameter. It will be used probably by advanced user, and I am able to
> accept it like you or Tomas proposed.

I'm not sure why you'd need a parameter for the function.  The function
could back a view too.  In general, I think you're agreeing with me that
it'd be a useful capability to have.

> Second part is the content of view
> pg_hba_conf. It should be only one and should to view a active content. I
> mean a content that is actively used - when other session is started. I am
> strongly against the behave, when I have to close session to refresh a
> content of this view (after reload) - and I am against to see there not
> active content.

Right, we also need a view (or function, or both) which provides what
the *active* configuration of the running postmaster is.  This is
exactly what I was proposing (or what I was intending to, at least) with
pg_hba_active, so, again, I think we're in agreement here.
Thanks,
    Stephen