[pgpool-hackers: 3876] Re: Proposal: virtual database for pgpool commands

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> Currently Pgpool-II's SQL-like commands such as "show pool_nodes"
> cannot be executed unless at least one backend is alive. If we have
> "virtual database", we could eliminate this limitation because the
> SQL-like command actually does not access backend.  The virtual
> database is distinguished from ordinary database by it's
> name. "pgpool" can be one of the candidates but it may conflict with
> existing database name. Probably we should have new parameter
> something like "virtual_database_name"?

One of the concern is authentication. Since in this pgpool does not
use the authentication mechanism provided by PostgreSQL, it needs to
be authenticated somewhere else. Maybe pool_hba.conf?

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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