From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, tshipley(at)deru(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: feature proposal ... |
Date: | 2005-09-22 14:40:20 |
Message-ID: | 28654.1127400020@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> So we could refute this argument by just not making the permission check for
>> CREATE TEMP VIEW.
> This is the first time I've ever heard of CREATE TEMP VIEW. What's the point
> of it since you can always directly do:
> SELECT * FROM (...)
> ?
Separation of concerns, for one thing: the code using the view need not
know the exact contents of the select, or perhaps not even have
permissions to access the underlying tables. (Think of a temp view
created by a SECURITY DEFINER function for instance.) In this
particular case it gives us separation of concerns in a different way,
ie, we don't have to figure out a way to force-fit the complete syntax
of SELECT inside a COPY command.
regards, tom lane
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