On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 06:25:01PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Kohei KaiGai <kai...@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
> > The Part-1 implements corresponding SQL syntax stuffs which are
> > "security_barrier"
> > reloption of views, and "LEAKPROOF" option on creation of functions to be 
> > stored
> > new pg_proc.proleakproof field.
> 
> The way you have this implemented, we just blow away all view options
> whenever we do CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW.  Is that the behavior we want?
> If a security_barrier view gets accidentally turned into a
> non-security_barrier view, doesn't that create a security_hole?

I think CREATE OR REPLACE needs to keep meaning just that, never becoming
"replace some characteristics, merge others".  The consequence is less than
delightful here, but I don't have an idea that avoids this problem without
running afoul of some previously-raised design constraint.

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