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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] database corruption
From:       Tom Lane <tgl () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us>
Date:       2003-08-30 22:00:31
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Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> Fortunately this was his own development database he was messing with, 
> but it was an interesting exercise none-the-less. Maybe this reinforces 
> the need to have a command for enabling/disabling triggers.

No, it reinforces the cardinal rule about not experimenting with system
catalog alterations in databases you care about.  If he'd done his
experimentation in a scratch database, he'd not have been in trouble.

Perhaps we need some documentation about What Not To Do As Superuser.

			regards, tom lane

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