Re: Isn't pg_statistic a security hole?

> > I doubt it is worth letting non-super users see values in that table.
> > Their only value is in debugging the optimizer, which seems like a
> > super-user job anyway.
>
> Well, mumble. I routinely ask people who're complaining of bad plans
> for extracts from their pg_statistic table. I don't foresee that need
> vanishing any time soon :-(. The idea of a view seemed nice, in part
> because it could be set up to give all the useful info with a simple
>
> select * from pg_statview where relname = 'foo';
>
> rather than the messy three-way join you have to type now.

Sounds fine, but aren't most people who we ask for stats superusers?

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