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You know I didn't even think about that, duh. I was thinking of using it
inside a function where the password could be obtained on the database
server itself somehow, avoiding the need to pass any passwords from the web
application and simplifying a rather complicated permission structure we
have where we have anonymous users that need insert rights on a whole bunch
of different schema's.

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Momjian" <pg***@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Chris Ochs" <ch***@paymentonline.com>
Cc: <pg***********@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Feature idea

Chris Ochs wrote:

What if SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION could also accept a password so that non superusers could switch to a different user? How difficult would this

be?

Well, the password would go over the wire unencrypted, causing a
security problem.

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