The fine manual says that when row_security is set to off, "queries fail which would otherwise apply at least one policy". However, a look at check_enable_rls() says that that is a true statement only when the user is not table owner. If the user *is* table owner, turning off row_security seems to amount to just silently disabling RLS, even for tables with FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY.
I am not sure if this is a documentation bug or a code bug, but it sure looks to be one or the other. Meanwhile, there's a statement about row_security in ddl.sgml that is so vague as to be nearly meaningless, but it doesn't seem to quite match either of those interpretations. I'm in the midst of copy-editing that section and will make it match what the code actually does at the moment, but we'll have to change it again if this is deemed a code bug. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers