Re: pg_hba_file_settings view patch

On 10/26/2016 12:54 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> 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.

-1 to JSON for this.

JD

>


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