| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal for enhancements of privilege system |
| Date: | 2000-05-23 21:38:11 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0005232332490.359-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> Really, having an OID column that might reference either users or groups
> is the SQL equivalent of a type pun.
Well, I don't really know what a type pun is but the priobj column would
do exactly the same thing by referring to tables, types, functions, etc.
by unadorned oid, which I thought would be pretty nice. Really, in normal
mode of operation there is never a question "Does this privilege apply to
a user or a group?" it's always "Given this object and this user/group id,
do I have access?" I don't see that as a practical problem, but I'll think
about it.
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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115
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