Re: [PATCHES] Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions

>
> On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> > First step done,
> >
> >     below  is  the patch to have views to override the permission
> >     checks for the accessed tables. Now we can do the following:
> >
> >     CREATE VIEW db_user AS SELECT
> >          usename,
> >          usesysid,
> >          usecreatedb,
> >          usetrace,
> >          usecatupd,
> >          '**********'::text as passwd,
> >          valuntil
> >         FROM pg_user;
>
>     I used the rewrite RULE here, instead of the above VIEW, with the
> VIEW being merely a 'SELECT * FROM pg_user'...by using the RULE (unless
> I'm mistaken?), if we change pg_user (ie. add another field at some later
> date), the view itself shouldn't require a change...

I thought we couldn't use rules because COPY will dump out the password,
no?


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