Re: updateble views

thiemo <thiemo(at)gmx(dot)ch> writes:
> I have a table that I want users to access to only through a view. For=20
> the inserts, I have defined a rule. I granted insert rights on the base=20
> table and view as well as select rights on the view to the users.=20
> However, a users trying an insert on the view gets an "Error while=20
> executing statement: ERROR: s_pwd.nextval: you don't have permissions=20
> to set sequence s_pwd". Is there a right I need to grant to the users=20
> regarding the sequence?

Unfortunately, you'll have to give 'em update rights on the sequence.

This should be checked against the rule owner's permissions, not the
rule user's permissions, but nextval() has no idea it's being executed
as the result of rule expansion rather than something the user typed
directly :-(

regards, tom lane