Thread: Simulating field-level permissions via stored SQL functions?

I think that the subject line explains what I am trying to do.  How can I
create a stored function (in SQL, if that matters) that a user can call to
update data in a table to which they normally only have read access?

Thanks,
Neal Lindsay

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 02:41:47PM -0400, Neal Lindsay wrote:
> I think that the subject line explains what I am trying to do.  How can I
> create a stored function (in SQL, if that matters) that a user can call to
> update data in a table to which they normally only have read access?

By using a view.  Triggers and rules attached to a view are executed
with the uid of the view owner.

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