Re: groups in postgres

Martn Marqus <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> said:

> I building an application that will load data on a database by lots of
> people. So I thought about putting them in a group and giving priviledges to
> the group.
>
> The problem is the the information on the main table is related with fields
> of other tables, and depending on how it's related, I want some users to be
> able to modify the data and I don't want those users to insert new data if
> the relation is right for them.
>
> Am I clear up to know?
>
> Now, how can I do this? Is it posible manipulating groups? Or do I have to
> play with triggers.

Sounds like you want different groups for different users, and a view for each
group. You can then define rules for each view defining the access that is
available.

Is that what you're after?

- Richard Huxton