Re: [GENERAL] column-level update privs + lock table

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> [Moving to -hackers]
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 09:41 -0400, Josh Kupershmidt wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I noticed that granting a user column-level update privileges doesn't
>>> > allow that user to issue LOCK TABLE with any mode other than Access
>>> > Share.
>>>
>>> Anyone think this could be added as a TODO?
>>
>> Seems so to me, but you raise on Hackers.
>
> Thanks, Simon. Attached is a simple patch to let column-level UPDATE
> privileges allow a user to LOCK TABLE in a mode higher than Access
> Share. Small doc. update and regression test update are included as
> well. Feedback is welcome.

Please add this to https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/commitfest_view/open

I want to look at this at some point, but we still have over a dozen
patches from the current CF to deal with.

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