Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> A very useful feature in some database systems is the ability to
> restrict who can run certain external or stored procedures, and to
> grant extra access rights to users when they do run those procedures.
We have some of this, I think, from ACLs on tables and views. But
as far as I know there is not a notion of a "suid view", one with
different privileges from its caller. It sounds like a good thing
to work on. Is there any standard in the area?
regards, tom lane