Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed
Date: 2025-06-04 21:53:38
Message-ID: aEDAYsSGd_BOdLvL@momjian.us
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On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 02:29:46PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> I agree with David G. Johnston's feedback on this. My draft didn't mention
> SECURITY DEFINER, because I consider it redundant from a user's perspective.
> If a function is SECURITY DEFINER, that always overrides other sources of user
> identity. No need to mention it each time.

Well, if it is a SECURITY DEFINER function, it is not going to be run as
the user who is active at commit/execution time, so I think we have to
specify that.

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