Re: Long term read-only records? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dennis Gearon
Subject Re: Long term read-only records?
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Msg-id 3E81DEC7.3000306@cvc.net
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In response to Re: Long term read-only records?  (Dennis Gearon <gearond@cvc.net>)
Responses Re: Long term read-only records?  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
List pgsql-general
OOOPS,
    record by record, I see. Mabye the flag in combination with a view?

Dennis Gearon wrote:
> You can also set users to not do things like triggers, views, functions,
> etc, and basically leave nothing but SELECT. That won't work?
>
> Jason Hihn wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to make a record read-only for months or years? My
>> intent is
>> that after a cutoff (a program can run making rows r/o) existing
>> records can
>> no longer be modified without unlocking first. User security is
>> insufficient, since that only applies to tables. I'd rather not have to
>> maintain a R/O flag (or date) in code, because it relies on correct,
>> voluntary implementation every time. I'd like something more enforceable
>> then that, and that has me looking to the DBMS
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
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