Re: Questions and experiences writing a Foreign Data Wrapper

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
Cc: "Robert Haas *EXTERN*" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Questions and experiences writing a Foreign Data Wrapper
Date: 2011-07-23 14:58:37
Message-ID: 2748.1311433117@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> writes:
> I don't like to think of a user mapping as a means to restrict access
> to the foreign data source, because in effect that is the same as
> restricting access to the foreign table, which is the ACL's job.

No, the standard is quite clear that those are distinct things.
See the NOTE I quoted upthread.

regards, tom lane

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