Re: insert through function only

Thanks Bruno,

This is exactly what I needed to know.

Cordially,
Marvin

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 15:12:00 -0700,
>   Marvin McNett <mmcnett@cs.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>>How do I go about ensuring that data is only added to a table through a
>>function?  I've tried granting execute persission on the function which
>>inserts data, but can't get it to work unless the user also has insert
>>permission on the table.  I don't want the user to be able to
>>arbitrarily insert data.
>
>
> You need to use SECURITY DEFINER so that the function runs with the
> access of its definer instead of its invoker.