> Would it be safe to limit use to
"select" statements for
> non-is_developer folks, so the curious could still explore the
> database?
My thoughts exactly. I'd even consider making
sql-selecting
available to any registered user (not just is_sysop or is_developer).
Or to anybody, with an SQL server that's open to the internet for
reading.
Because of load reasons, we probably shouldn't do that with the live
SQL server though. I would expect that, once we have regularly updated
database dumps for download (hint!), somebody will set up such a
server somewhere (and lots of other interesting things will happen).
Axel