Re: grant problem

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 17:47:48 +0530,
  Rajarshi Mukherjee <mukherjee.rajarshi@gmail.com> wrote:
> PLEASE GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE..

Please read the documentation of the CREATE FUNCTION command.

>
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:24:58 -0600, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> wrote:
> > 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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