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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: Ayush Vatsa <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Clarification on Role Access Rights to Table Indexes
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:30:02 -0500
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Robert Haas <[email protected]> writes:
> That is a +1 for the specific design of "check SELECT on the index's
> table". I don't want to be closed-minded: if you have some strong
> reason for believing that's the wrong thing to do, I'm all ears.
> However, I'm presently of the view that it is exactly the right thing
> to do, to the point where I don't currently understand why there's
> anything to think about here.

I have no objection to it, but I wasn't as entirely convinced
as you are that it's the only plausible answer.

One specific thing I'm slightly worried about is that a naive
implementation would probably cause this function to lock the
table after the index, risking deadlock against queries that
take the locks in the more conventional order.  I don't recall
what if anything we've done about that in other places
(-ENOCAFFEINE).

			regards, tom lane






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