From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [NOVICE] Question on TRUNCATE privleges |
Date: | 2005-02-24 22:10:50 |
Message-ID: | 200502242210.j1OMAoM22390@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> > It looks to me like the asymmetry between CREATE TRIGGER and DROP
> > TRIGGER is actually required by SQL99, though, so changing it would
> > be a hard sell (unless SQL2003 fixes it?).
> >
> > Comments anyone?
> >
> Why not say that TRUNCATE requires the same privilige as a DELETE and
> add a trigger type that fires (once) on a TRUNCATE? That would give an
> owner a chance to prevent it. Such a trigger would probably be useful
> for other things too.
Uh, that seems like it adds extra complexity just for this single case.
Why don't we allow TRUNCATE by non-owners only if no triggers are
defined, and if they are defined, we throw an error and mention it is
because triggers/contraints exist?
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