| From: | Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Franz-Josef Färber <Franz-Josef(dot)Faerber(at)stmuk(dot)bayern(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Matthias Haupt <Matthias(dot)Haupt(at)stmuk(dot)bayern(dot)de> |
| Subject: | Re: Why is materialized view creation a "security-restricted operation"? |
| Date: | 2026-10-13 15:36:47 |
| Message-ID: | 9B7D623E-1DEF-46DC-92B3-FF9452624F5C@gmail.com |
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> On Oct 13, 2026, at 08:17, Färber, Franz-Josef (StMUK) <Franz-Josef(dot)Faerber(at)stmuk(dot)bayern(dot)de> wrote:
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>> Well, you want to use a materialized view for something that it cannot be used for, for security reasons. We tried to explain that in this thread.
> Yes, you can see it this way: One way would be: Using Temp Tables. This way is blocked due to security reasons. Discussion finished.
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> Another point of view is:
> 0) The security problem is not inherent for what I was trying to archieve; but due to lack of expressiveness one is forced into this dead end.
> 1) Either: Postgres' COPY stmt lacks the ability to omit the physical table, something like SELECT * FROM COPY FROM ...
> 2) or: Postgres lacks table variables.
>
I am not clear on your workflow so these questions come to mind:
What do you do with the undefined “*” (if it were allowed)?
Would you not have to predefine the columns of the table variable?
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