Re: pg_hba_file_settings view patch

On 10/26/2016 12:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> FWIW, I'm -1 on using JSON here.  I don't believe that we should start
>> using JSON all over the place just because we can.  If we do that,
>> we'll end up with a mishmash of styles, and maybe look silly when JSON
>> is replaced by the new and much better SDGJHSDR format.
> 
> I concur.  JSON isn't a core datatype and I don't want to see it treated
> as one.  We should redesign this view so that it doesn't rely on anything
> more advanced than arrays.

Huh?  Sure it is.   Ships in PostgreSQL-core.

I mean, I'm not particularly in favor of using JSON for this (arrays
seem OK), but that seems like an invalid reason not to.

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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)