Re: GUC for temporarily disabling event triggers

On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 10:43:23AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Maybe we should back up and ask why we need more than "on" and "off".
>> If somebody is using this feature in any form more than very
>> occasionally, they should really go home and reconsider their database
>> schema.
>
> +1 ... this seems perhaps overdesigned.

Yes.  If you begin with an "on"/"off" switch, it could always be
extended later if someone makes a case for it, with a grammar like one
I mentioned upthread, or even something else.  If there is no strong
case for more than a boolean for now, simpler is better.
--
Michael