Re: execute permissions of stored procedures?

eric@datalink.nl writes:

> In Solid it was possible to create a procedure (It looks like that a
> postgreSQL function is similar to that) and then to do a GRANT for
> EXECUTE rights on this procedure.  How can I do this in PostgrSQL?
>
> I want to use PostgreSQL as a database for our dynamic website, and
> the only thing I want to allow to the standard 'webuser' is to
> execute some procedures.  The use of a grant to a procedure allows
> me to be able to insert/update some specific rows in a database in a
> very specific way by a user that normally wouldn't even be allowed
> to do a SELECT on this table.

I think the only current way to do this is to create views and insert
rules for the views, and grant the web user access to the views rather
than the underlying table.  This *should* be doable, depending on what
you need to do in the rules.

Having 'setuid' functions has been talked about, but I don't think
it's currently there.

-Doug
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