Re: Hiding table structure information

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: carlosreimer(at)terra(dot)com(dot)br
Cc: rodrigo(dot)sakai(at)zanthus(dot)com(dot)br, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Hiding table structure information
Date: 2006-06-26 21:07:06
Message-ID: 36e682920606261407i69287262n4942f7c9642f552e@mail.gmail.com
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On 6/26/06, Carlos H. Reimer <carlosreimer(at)terra(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:
> Maybe the question should be reformulted to: is there a way to hide
> pg_catalog schema? I think it can?t not be done because all metadata are
> there, but maybe somebody can see a solution.

You could use a set returning function and a view to hide the original
table's details. As for hiding pg_catalog... I believe you could
create a rule on it.

Never tried to hide something this extensively... and don't really
understand a practical reason for doing so. Remember, security
through obscurity is flawed from the get go.

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