Stefan,
> thinking more about that - is there _ANY_ prerequisite of an application
> that can be completely reconfigured over a remote access protocol and
> solved the reliability and security challenges of that to a reasonable
> degree?
Good question!
I also think that, given the issues raised in discussion of ALTER SYSTEM
SET, we should poll a bit of the wider community. I'll put something up
on my blog, unless someone can think of a better way.
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Josh Berkus
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