On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Kohei KaiGai <kai...@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
> 2011/5/23 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>:
>> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Kohei KaiGai <kai...@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
>>> The attached patch fixes up case handling in foreign tables.
>>>
>>> Now it didn't assign security label on foreign table on its creation
>>> time, and didn't check access rights on the dml hook.
>>> This patch fixes these problems; It allows foreign tables default
>>> labeling and access checks as db_table object class.
>>
>> A foreign table is really more like a view, or a function call.  Are
>> you sure you want to handle it like a table?
>>
> It might be a tentative solution, so I'll want to cancel this patch.
>
> Its nature is indeed more similar to function call rather than tables,
> but not a function itself. So, it might be a better idea to define its
> own object class such as "db_foreign_table" instead of existing
> object classes.

Perhaps.  Or else use db_view.

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