Re: control pg_hba.conf via SQL

ISTM that the first requirement is for a sane API that will handle the 
fact that HBA lines are ordered. Persistence in itself shouldn't be a 
big problem - we already do that with some shared tables, iirc.

so we might have some functions like:
 insert_hba_rule(at_position int, connection_type text, username text, 
dbname text, cidr_host text, method text) move_hba_rule(from_position int, to_position int) delete_hba_rule(at_position
int)

Inventing new SQL syntax might make things a bit tougher.

cheers

andrew


Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> I'd like to expand this idea with this TODO item.  If this is already
> on the TODO, please disregard.  I'm thinking something like the
> following:
>
> Enable the alteration and persistence of postgresql.conf and
> pg_hba.conf configuration parameters via SQL.
>
>
> On 3/29/06, BERTHOULE Emmanuel <pgdev@manberth.homeip.net> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i would like to work on control setting pg_hba.conf via SQL....( cf TODO
>> List ), and i would know if the pg_hda.conf must be replaced by pg_hba
>> table ?
>>
>>