Barry Brown <barry(at)cs(dot)sierracollege(dot)edu> writes:
> It's nice that privileges on views are separate from the privileges
> on its underlying tables. For example, if view V queries tables A and
> B, I only need to grant SELECT on the view to another user; tables A
> and B can have that privilege revoked and the view works.
> Are there plans to extend similar behavior to functions? That is, can
> I simply grant EXECUTE on the function and not have to worry about
> granting the appropriate privileges to the tables used by the function?
I think you are looking for SECURITY DEFINER function option.
regards, tom lane