Re: grant the right to select only certain rows?

> But you could setup a second table teachers:
>
> name grade
> -------------------
> mary_smith 1
> tom_white 2
>
> and then use a view
>
> CREATE VIEW my_students AS SELECT S.name, S.grade_level
> FROM students S, teachers T
> WHERE T.name = CURRENT_USER AND T.grade = S.grade_level;
>
> Now the teachers don't need SELECT permissions on students,
> but only on my_students. Mary can only see Joe and Kim, and
> Tom can only see Lisa and Mike.

Ahh...this was the missing link in my head. A way to make one view
customize itself to serve all users.

Thank you!

-Fran