> > what operations would you like to see those triggers
> > perform?
> >
>
> And in what context? In particular, do on connect/disconnect
> triggers operate in the system context? Can they fail?
> What does it mean for them to fail?
>

I guess a "before connect" could fail the actual connecting.

This could be a connection attempt, for example: wrong
user name.

If the server registers this, the database could execute the
trigger in the context of the database owner.

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