Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gFFhm-0001gc-Fn for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:43:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gFFhk-0000Ny-VF for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:43:56 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gFFhk-0000Np-Gj for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:43:56 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gFFhi-0001Jp-2E for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:43:55 +0000 Received: from pro.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w9O9hnSY012005; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:43:50 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: ZongtianHou cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Can I add a column in catalog table as a superuser In-reply-to: <4285ADA2-B55B-41A5-A09D-678687A799EF@icloud.com> References: <4285ADA2-B55B-41A5-A09D-678687A799EF@icloud.com> Comments: In-reply-to ZongtianHou message dated "Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:35:42 +0800" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <19151.1540374229.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:43:49 +0100 Message-ID: <19152.1540374229@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk ZongtianHou writes: > I know this is very dangerous, but I do in my private environment, is t= here a method to add a column in catalog table, like pg_authid? Not without patching the source code ... regards, tom lane