Re: grant problem

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 17:27:25 +0530,
  Rajarshi Mukherjee <mukherjee.rajarshi@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Hello all,
>
>  i have a function that updates a table. I gave execute grant on it to
>  a particular user but no grant on the table in question.
>
>  when logging in as that user and executing the function, i get an error
>  ERROR: permission denied for relation <table_name>
>
>  How can i ensure that any update on this table is only done through
>  that function, and that the function is oublicly executable?

You need to create the function with the security definer property.

>
>  Please provide suggestions.
>
>  Thanks & Regards,
> Raj.
>
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