Re: Multiple table relationship constraints

From: Jack Christensen <jackc(at)hylesanderson(dot)edu>
To: Rick Genter <rick(dot)genter(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Multiple table relationship constraints
Date: 2011-05-09 13:35:33
Message-ID: 4DC7EDA5.7030906@hylesanderson.edu
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On 5/5/2011 3:26 PM, Rick Genter wrote:
>
> Hm. I think the way I would handle this is to put the business logic
> for inserting/updating into the room_assignments table into one or
> more functions and have a special user that owns the tables and owns
> the functions and declare the functions to be SECURITY DEFINER. Revoke
> INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE access to the tables from all other users. Then
> you grant your regular users EXECUTE access to the functions. The
> functions run as the user that created them, so they will have direct
> INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE access to the tables while your regular users won't.
>
Thanks everyone for your advice. I think this type of approach will be
very helpful.

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Jack Christensen
jackc(at)hylesanderson(dot)edu

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