On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jonah,
>
> > This email is a preliminary design for the implementation of synonyms in
> > PostgreSQL. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.
>
> 1) Is there a SQL standard for this?
>
> 2) For my comprehension, what's the difference between a SYNONYM and a
> single-object (possibly updatable) view?
I think with the plan as described, the permissions handling is slightly
different from how we handle views. As I understood the synonym plan, a
person with select on the synonym but not on the referenced table wouldn't
be able to select through the synonym, while if the view was created by
someone with select a person with select on the view could select through
the view.