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@@ -90,11 +90,7 @@ However it's very easy to delete the **entire table** by omitting the query para
DELETE /logs HTTP/1.1
-This can happen accidentally even just by switching a request from a GET to a DELETE. To protect against accidental operations we can add an Nginx rule to prevent DELETE or PATCH requests which lack a query parameter.
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-.. code::
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- Nginx stuff goes here
+This can happen accidentally such as by switching a request from a GET to a DELETE. To protect against accidental operations use the `pg-safeupdate `_ PostgreSQL extension. It raises an error if UPDATE or DELETE are executed without specifying conditions.
This does not protect against malicious actions, since someone can add a url parameter that does not affect the resultset. To prevent this you must turn to database permissions, forbidding the wrong people from deleting rows, and using `row-level security `_ if finer access control is required.