Re: Oracle and Postgresql

Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
> To an extent we *can* simulate row-level and column-level security
> through the use of very restricted data tables and more generally-
> available or specific-purpose views, but we cannot make PostgreSQL
> call a custom function to determine from it's output whether or not it
> should allow a particular action.

We were just talking today about adding column and row-level security to
Postgres 8.4:

    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-09/msg01654.php

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