Re: grant problem

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 17:47:48 +0530,
Rajarshi Mukherjee <mukherjee(dot)rajarshi(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> PLEASE GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE..

Please read the documentation of the CREATE FUNCTION command.

>
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:24:58 -0600, Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 17:27:25 +0530,
> > Rajarshi Mukherjee <mukherjee(dot)rajarshi(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > i have a function that updates a table. I gave execute grant on it to
> > > a particular user but no grant on the table in question.
> > >
> > > when logging in as that user and executing the function, i get an error
> > > ERROR: permission denied for relation <table_name>
> > >
> > > How can i ensure that any update on this table is only done through
> > > that function, and that the function is oublicly executable?
> >
> > You need to create the function with the security definer property.
> >
> > >
> > > Please provide suggestions.
> > >
> > > Thanks & Regards,
> > > Raj.
> > >
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