Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions

>     This  flag is useful anyway. We change the world now that ALL
>     views are overriding the acl checks. If we have this flag  we
>     can  setup  views  that  behave  like before (user cannot see
>     anything through the view he cannot see without) and use  the
>     overriding  only  in  cases  we need it (like for the pg_user
>     permissions problem). I'll work on it.

OK, but why would anyone want the old behavior?

I guess if you have a table that is not select-able by everyone, and you
create a view on it, the default permits will allow select to others.
You would have to set the permit on that view.  Is there more to that
pg_class flag you want to add?


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Bruce Momjian
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