On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Option #1: Remove all mention from the documentation of using views
>> for security purposes. Don't allow views to have explicit permissions
>> attached to them; they are merely shorthand for a SELECT, for which
>> you either do or do not have privileges.
>
> The SQL standard requires us to attach permissions to views. The
> standard makes no claims whatsoever about how leak-proof views should
> be; it only says that you can't call a view without the appropriate
> permissions.
>
> I do think it's reasonable for the docs to point out that views that do
> row-filtering should not be presumed to be absolutely bulletproof.
> That doesn't make permissions on them useless, so you're attacking a
> straw man.
Really? I'm confused. What is the use case for the status quo?
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