Re: Grant SELECT/Execute to View/Function but not underlying Table

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Maxim Boguk <maxim(dot)boguk(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Alex Magnum <magnum11200(at)gmail(dot)com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','magnum11200(at)gmail(dot)com');>> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> is it possible to grant select to views and functions without the need to
>> also grant the user the SELECT privileges to the Tables used in the views
>> or functions?
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>> That way I could create read only users on a website and limit their
>> access to the bare minimum.
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> for view no it isn't possible (view is query text stored in database for
> future use and nothing more).
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This is not how views are stored nor how they work. The are implemented as
rules and thus the following section of the documentation applies.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/rules-privileges.html

David J.