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Subject: Re: Hide some tables
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Jayadevan M <maymala.jayadevan@gmail.com>
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Le 09/08/2021 à 13:45, Tom Lane a écrit :
> Jayadevan M <maymala.jayadevan@gmail.com> writes:
>> There are some operators who enters data in my database with just one
>>> table. Others tables are updated by triggers, these tables contains
>>> result of calculation. How to do to hide these tables because I do not
>>> want that operators read them ? On help documentation it is said that I
>>> can not block SELECT privilege because it is required for UPDATE.
>>>
>> Can you move them to a different schema, and manage using search_path?
> The thing to use is privileges.  Make the tables-that-should-be-hidden
> owned by a different SQL role, and don't give select privilege on them
> to the data entry role.  The triggers can be (or call) SECURITY DEFINER
> functions owned by the first role, giving them access that the data entry
> role does not have.
>
> 			regards, tom lane

It works. Thank you