2010/9/1 KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>:
> (2010/09/02 11:57), Robert Haas wrote:
>> 2010/9/1 KaiGai Kohei<kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>:
>>> Right now, it stands on a strict assumption that considers operators
>>> implemented with built-in functions are safe; it does not have no
>>> possibility to leak supplied arguments anywhere.
>>>
>>> Please note that this patch does not case about a case when
>>> a function inside a view and a function outside a view are
>>> distributed into same level and the later function has lower
>>> cost value.
>>
>> Without making some attempt to address these two points, I don't see
>> the point of this patch.
>>
>> Also, I believe we decided previously do this deoptimization only in
>> case the user requests it with CREATE SECURITY VIEW.
>>
> Perhaps, I remember the previous discussion incorrectly.
>
> If we have a hint about whether the supplied view is intended to security
> purpose, or not, it seems to me it is a reliable method to prevent pulling
> up the subqueries come from security views.
> Is it too much deoptimization?
Well, that'd prevent something like id = 3 from getting pushed down,
which seems a bit harsh.
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