Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1197) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1197)
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Msg-id 603c8f070811071338k2befc69p1ef7f95e5d7a2ea6@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1197)  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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> The low-privilege user isn't elevating the label. If the tuple was
> visible by multiple labels it was already elevated. All I am suggesting
> is the system remove the one it can see, leaving the other ones intact.
> This makes the row appear to be deleted by the lower privileged user,
> whereas in fact it was merely updated. There need not be any ordering to
> the labels for this scheme to work.

I see.  That seems like it makes sense, but what about the update case?

...Robert


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