Re: Need help revoking access WHERE state = 'deleted' - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> writes:
> # Explicitly grant access to the view.
> db=> grant select on entities_not_deleted to myuser;
> GRANT

> # Try again to use the view. Still fails
> db=> SELECT 1 FROM entities_not_deleted WHERE some_col = 'y';
> ERROR:  permission denied for relation entities

What's failing is that the *owner of the view* needs, and hasn't got,
select access on the entities table.  This is a separate check from
whether the current user has permission to select from the view.
Without such a check, views would be a security hole.
        regards, tom lane