Re: Skip ExecCheckRTPerms in CTAS with no data

On 2020-11-17 02:32, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> The SQL standard says that for CREATE TABLE AS, the INSERT "is effectively
>> executed without further Access Rule checking", which means the INSERT
>> privilege shouldn't be required at all. I suggest we consider doing that
>> instead. I don't see a use for the current behavior.
> Hmm. Is there anything specific for materialized views? They've
> checked for INSERT privileges at this phase since their introduction
> in 3bf3ab8c.

Materialized views are not in the SQL standard.

But if you consider materialized views as a variant of normal views,
then the INSERT privilege would be applicable if you pass an INSERT on
the materialized view through to the underlying tables, like for a view.

Also note that REFRESH on a materialized view does not check any
privileges (only ownership), so having a privilege that only applies
when the materialized view is created doesn't make sense.