Re: [GENERAL] executing user-defined functions

2000-10-05 Thread Jan Wieck
Wade D. Oberpriller wrote: > Hello all, > > I was wondering if PostgreSQL protects itself when executing user-defined > functions? Or does it go under the assumption that all user-defined functions > will NOT crash (if they do you have a serious problem and need to fix the > function)? > > We are

Re: [GENERAL] executing user-defined functions

2000-10-04 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wade D. Oberpriller) writes: > I was wondering if PostgreSQL protects itself when executing user-defined > functions? User-written functions coded in C are insecure by definition; it's up to you to get them right. The other available programming languages are considerably safe

[GENERAL] executing user-defined functions

2000-10-04 Thread Wade D. Oberpriller
Hello all, I was wondering if PostgreSQL protects itself when executing user-defined functions? Or does it go under the assumption that all user-defined functions will NOT crash (if they do you have a serious problem and need to fix the function)? We are building an app where we want 3rd partie