| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Philippe Lang" <philippe(dot)lang(at)attiksystem(dot)ch> |
| Cc: | pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Client UI, ODBC, PG & permissions |
| Date: | 2004-03-25 15:41:07 |
| Message-ID: | 11571.1080229267@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Philippe Lang" <philippe(dot)lang(at)attiksystem(dot)ch> writes:
> How do you manage permissions in your applications? Is it possible to
> read the permissions a user has on a specific table from the client,
Sure. See has_table_privilege() and related functions:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-misc.html
I think there may be privilege info available from the
information_schema as well, which would be a better bet if you want to
preserve some semblance of database independence.
We don't currently support any per-column privileges, sorry.
regards, tom lane
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