User mapping: view over a foreign table - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Vladimir Ryabtsev
Subject User mapping: view over a foreign table
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Msg-id CAMqTPqnFvqgOnfMwvbOW6LnyobrriUBe5yDS73f71YcSHS81AA@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: User mapping: view over a foreign table  (Vladimir Ryabtsev <greatvovan@gmail.com>)
Re: User mapping: view over a foreign table  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Supposing I have a foreign table F and a view V that selects rows from F.

The owner of F is USER1.
The owner of V is USER2.
The currently logged user is "me".

When I query the foreign table F, the DBMS engine looks for USER MAPPING for "me", regardless of who is the owner of the table.

When I query the view V, the engine searches the USER MAPPING for USER2 who is the owner of the view.

This looks inconsistent and misleading. I wonder, are there any reasons behind this design decision? Is it documented somewhere (I did not find it)?

Regards,
Vlad

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