Re: [PATCHES] Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions

>
> On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> > First step done,
> >
> > below is the patch to have views to override the permission
> > checks for the accessed tables. Now we can do the following:
> >
> > CREATE VIEW db_user AS SELECT
> > usename,
> > usesysid,
> > usecreatedb,
> > usetrace,
> > usecatupd,
> > '**********'::text as passwd,
> > valuntil
> > FROM pg_user;
>
> I used the rewrite RULE here, instead of the above VIEW, with the
> VIEW being merely a 'SELECT * FROM pg_user'...by using the RULE (unless
> I'm mistaken?), if we change pg_user (ie. add another field at some later
> date), the view itself shouldn't require a change...

I thought we couldn't use rules because COPY will dump out the password,
no?

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