Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-12-03 Thread Caleb Meredith
Yes it probably could be solved by this. Just a trigger which replaces SELECT right? On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:01 PM Jim Nasby wrote: > On 12/2/15 4:59 PM, Caleb Meredith wrote: > > What is an SRF? > > Set returning function. > > CREATE FUNCTION srf() RETURNS SETOF

Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-12-03 Thread Caleb Meredith
What is an SRF? On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:46 PM Jim Nasby wrote: > On 11/25/15 7:40 AM, Stephen Frost wrote: > >> It seems easy conceptually, RLS just adds a WHERE clause to queries if > I'm > >> >not mistaken, and conceptually a view is just a query. The CURRENT_USER >

Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-12-03 Thread Jim Nasby
On 12/3/15 7:17 AM, Caleb Meredith wrote: Yes it probably could be solved by this. Just a trigger which replaces SELECT right? It's not a trigger and I don't know what you mean by replacing select. An SRF can return anything you want it to. My suggestion was to run a standard select

Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-12-02 Thread Jim Nasby
On 11/25/15 7:40 AM, Stephen Frost wrote: It seems easy conceptually, RLS just adds a WHERE clause to queries if I'm >not mistaken, and conceptually a view is just a query. The CURRENT_USER >issue is valid, but personally it's not too big for me as most auth is done >through database parameters.

Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-12-02 Thread Jim Nasby
On 12/2/15 4:59 PM, Caleb Meredith wrote: What is an SRF? Set returning function. CREATE FUNCTION srf() RETURNS SETOF pg_class LANGUAGE sql AS 'SELECT * FROM pg_class'; -- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL

Re: [GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-11-25 Thread Stephen Frost
Caleb, * Caleb Meredith (calebmeredi...@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm developing an application where strict control of my data is important. > Views allow me to build a strict custom reading experience, allowing me to > add computed columns and hide private and metadata columns. Row level > security

[GENERAL] Can row level security policies also be implemented for views?

2015-11-24 Thread Caleb Meredith
I'm developing an application where strict control of my data is important. Views allow me to build a strict custom reading experience, allowing me to add computed columns and hide private and metadata columns. Row level security allows me strict write control of my data. However, I can't use both