Re: [v9.2] Fix leaky-view problem, part 1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>, Noah Misch <noah(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Kohei Kaigai <Kohei(dot)Kaigai(at)emea(dot)nec(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [v9.2] Fix leaky-view problem, part 1
Date: 2011-07-02 19:46:04
Message-ID: 17596.1309635964@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp> wrote:
>> BTW, regarding to the statement support for security barrier views,
>> the following syntax might be more consistent with existing ones:
>> CREATE VIEW view_name WITH ( param [=value]) AS query ... ;
>> rather than
>> CREATE SECURITY VIEW view_name AS query ...;
>>
>> Any comments?

> I think I mildly prefer CREATE SECURITY VIEW to the parameter syntax
> in this case, but I don't hate the other one.

The WITH idea seems a bit more future-proof; in particular it would
easily accommodate specifying a security type, if we decide we need
various levels of leak-proof-ness.

regards, tom lane

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